Recent developments have seen Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers gaining access to a database concerning unaccompanied minors who crossed the U.S.-Mexico border, reflecting a shift reminiscent of the previous administration’s policies. Immigrant rights advocates have raised alarms, fearing that such data sharing could hinder the Office of Refugee Resettlement's (ORR) capability to appropriately place children with caregivers or reunify them with families. Furthermore, a Congressional report indicated past arrests of potential sponsors, with many lacking criminal histories. Despite these claims, advocates contest the validity and implications of reported statistics on unverified sponsorships.
Multiple Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers have been granted access to information in a database on unaccompanied children who crossed the border into the United States.
According to the Congressional Research Service, from July through November 2018, ICE reportedly arrested 170 potential sponsors - 109 of whom had no previous criminal histories - and placed them in deportation proceedings.
Advocates and Democrats say there's no evidence the claim is true that more than 300,000 children had been given to unvetted sponsors.
Immigrant rights advocates objected to the data sharing, arguing it would impede ORR's ability to place children with appropriate caregivers or reunify them with family members.
Collection
[
|
...
]