Biden administration weighs detaining migrant families, sparking Democratic blowback.
who illegally enter the country, a politically fraught move on an issue that invites near-constant scrutiny.
The sources also insisted that processing for those detained would comply with federal standards, including a 20-day cap on the amount of time they are held.The administration has, more broadly, taken steps in recent months to speed up its processing of detained migrants. "A just, safe, and humane immigration system should not place families in detention," Barragán said, in part, in a statement. "We should not return to the failed policies of the past where families are detained in substandard conditions with long term damage to children."
Migrants, mostly from Venezuela seeking asylum in the U.S., use their phones to access the U.S. Customs and Border Protection application website in a shelter near the border between Mexico and the United States, in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, Feb. 24, 2023.The administration has continued to prepare for the end of the public health order known as Title 42, which restricts immigration during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Recently the administration has taken steps to crack down on unauthorized migration while opening new, limited avenues for humanitarian relief for those fleeing violence and persecution. "Children should be released from ICE detention with their parents immediately. This is pretty simple, and I can't believe I have to say it: Families belong together," then-candidate BidenThe Hernandez family, Venezuelan migrants seeking asylum using the U.S. Customs and Border Protection CBP One application, rest on the street after they were not received for their appointment, in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico Feb. 8, 2023.
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