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US expels immigrants with Trump-era order

2021-03-26T10:01:23.090Z


The Joe Biden administration expelled more than half of the immigrants who made it to the U.S.-Mexico border in recent weeks under a Trump-era health order.


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The Joe Biden administration expelled more than half of the immigrants who made it to the U.S.-Mexico border in recent weeks under a Trump-era health order that has been continued by the new administration, based on preliminary data reviewed by CNN.

Of the 103,000 immigrants found by Customs and Border Protection (CBP) in the three weeks through March 17, more than 61,000 were expelled under the health order known as "Title 42."

About 41,800 were allowed to stay in the US.

US President Joe Biden said Thursday during his first formal press conference that "the vast majority, the overwhelming majority of people who make it to the border and cross, will be returned."

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He spent much of the press conference grappling with questions about the crisis at the southern border, vowing that conditions for unaccompanied minors arriving in the United States will improve and blaming the previous administration and cooler weather for the increase in immigrants at the border.

The temporary facility in Donna, Texas, on February 25, 2021, built to process family units and unaccompanied children in the custody of the U.S. Border Patrol The face of the boy on the left has been blurred by the Office of US Customs and Border Protection.

He went on to say that the United States is sending back "the vast majority of families that come."

But most of the immigrant families detained by the U.S. Border Patrol during those three weeks remained in the country, the data shows.

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In the three weeks to March 17, there were more than 21,000 family members detained by the Border Patrol on the southwestern border who were processed into the United States, according to the data.

During the same period, around 7,600 were expelled.

The Department of Homeland Security continues to expel "non-citizen single adults and many family units" in accordance with a public health order from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, an official with the US said Thursday. management.

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    Look inside two different border facilities for unaccompanied immigrant minors

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A delegation of White House officials and lawmakers visited an influx facility in Carrizo Springs, Texas, designed to house unaccompanied minors crossing the U.S.-Mexico border and, for the first time, allowed independent media access.

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Carrizo Springs, Texas Department of Health and Human Services Facility: Images taken from a video from inside the Carrizo Springs facility taken by a reporter.

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This facility and other shelters overseen by the Department of Health and Human Services are equipped to provide medical services, dormitories, and other support, while case managers work with children to match them with a sponsor, such as a parent or family member. , in United States.

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Facility of the Department of Health and Human Services in Carrizo Springs, Texas.

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But amid covid-19 limitations, there has not been enough shelter space to house the growing number of arrivals, resulting in minors staying at Border Patrol facilities for extended periods beyond the legal limit of 72 hours.

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Conditions at Border Patrol facilities, where the media have not been allowed in, can be described as prisons and are not intended for minors

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The temporary processing facility in Donna, Texas, on February 25, 2021, built to process family units and Unaccompanied Alien Children (UAC) found and in the custody of the United States Border Patrol.

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After a congressman posted photos of a Border Patrol overflow facility in Donna, Texas, earlier this week, the administration released images and photographs from the space.

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Border Patrol facility in Donna, Texas.

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Border Patrol facility in Donna, Texas.

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Border Patrol facility in Donna, Texas.

In some situations, when expulsion is not possible due to Mexico's inability to receive them, families are placed in deportation proceedings, the official added.

“This administration draws the line when it comes to children.

We do not expel young children to violence or subsequent trauma, "said the official.

Mexico began implementing a law last year that limited the ability of the United States government to return some families to that country, particularly in the Mexican state of Tamaulipas, south of the Rio Grande Valley of Texas, which is ground zero. of border crossings.

"That is why we are seeing higher numbers" in the region, the official said.

"This is also why we have been releasing some people with a slightly different form of an NTA, a notice to appear."

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Some migrants are released into the US without a 'notice to appear'

To get immigrants out of the overwhelmed facilities faster, Customs and Border Protection has begun releasing people in the Rio Grande Valley region, Texas, without a "notice to appear," a document that instructs them to appear before a an immigration judge on a certain date, sources told CNN.

NBC reported on this matter for the first time.

The measure could make it difficult to track immigrants entering the country and create confusion among those seeking to have their asylum cases resolved.

The release of some immigrants without notices to appear began over the weekend and their use has fluctuated since then, an official with the Department of Homeland Security said, noting that the agency would prefer to deliver the notices to migrants.

The new practice, which assigns immigrants the responsibility of initiating their own immigration processes, had been done on a case-by-case basis in the past, but is now being used more widely to speed up processing and remove people from government custody. more quickly, according to another official with the Department of Homeland Security.

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A Border Patrol source said the practice applies only to families released from custody in the Rio Grande Valley region, but is "subject to spreading to other sectors" as needed.

Rodolfo Karisch, who served as chief patrol agent in the Rio Grande Valley during the 2019 border crisis, said the immigrants were not released without running notices to appear at that time.

The lack of notices is "compounding the problem," he said, making it difficult for immigration authorities to track down the "next generation" of undocumented immigrants.

"The oversaturation is so great that to move people fast enough, that's what we've had to resort to," said the first official from the Department of Homeland Security.

"The resources are very scarce."

CNN's Maegan Vazquez and Priscilla Alvarez contributed to this story.

Mexico-US border.

Source: cnnespanol

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