Tag: Immigration

"HHS said that as of March 4 the agency had 7,700 unaccompanied minors in custody, the highest level since 2019."

Biden's administration is facing criticism from Democrats and activists.

In the last week of February, 321 children per day were referred to HHS custody, a sharp jump from the weekly average of 203 in late January and early February.

"The number of UAC encounters shows no signs of decreasing."

"Human smugglers have proven time and again they have little regard for human life."

Biden is working to process as many as 25,000 asylum seekers who were waiting in Mexico under the Trump administration's Migrant Protection Protocol program.

"It was unfortunate, very unfortunate."

Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas denied Monday that there was a crisis at the U.S.-Mexican border, describing it rather as a "challenge." His pronouncement came as Customs and Border Protection ...

"To put it succinctly: the prior administration dismantled our nation's immigration system in its entirety."

The Biden administration will also consider bringing deported parents back to the U.S.

The Biden administration also withdrew this week a Trump administration proposal that advocates said would have kept children in government custody for longer periods of time.

The parents of about 322 children out of 506 are believed to have been deported.

"We are not ripping children from the arms of their parents."

Biden rejected that reasoning in a proclamation rescinding the visa ban.

"They’ve obviously never talked to an angel mom or angel dad whose child was killed by someone here illegally that was driving drunk."

"In four weeks, the Biden administration has been known for two things."

"This budget is going to be creating long-term obligations to the undocumented."

"The migrant camp in Matamoros has recently been hard hit by extreme weather in northern Mexico."

"I haven't thought about that question."

A loss would force Ottawa to rethink refugee management at the world's longest undefended border.