But they're not closing these centers. That means they'll be motivated to
find people to put in them. And the mothers and children will have to post
bonds. Where will they get the money?
Miriam
Ordonez writes: "The Obama administration on Wednesday said it's abandoning
its controversial practice of detaining immigrant mothers and children
who've established their fear of persecution if returned to their home
countries."
In this June 25, 2014 photo, a group of immigrants from Honduras and El
Salvador who crossed the U.S.-Mexico border illegally are stopped in
Granjeno, Texas. The epicenter of the recent surge in illegal immigration is
a 5-mile slice of deep South Texas that has become a hot spot for migrants,
human smugglers and drug cartels. (photo: Eric Gay/AP)
US Says It Will End Long-Term Detention of Immigrant Families
By Franco Ordonez, McClatchyDC
25 June 15
The Obama administration on Wednesday said its abandoning its controversial
practice of detaining immigrant mothers and children whove established
their fear of persecution if returned to their home countries.
Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson said hed concluded that locking up
mothers and children, which can cost $342 per family a day, was not an
effective use of his agencys resources. But he said the controversial
family detention centers, which currently hold more than 2,500 parents and
children, will remain open.
I have reached the conclusion that we must make substantial changes in our
detention practices with respect to families with children, he said. In
short, once a family has established eligibility for asylum or other relief
under our laws, long-term detention is an inefficient use of our resources
and should be discontinued.
The announcement comes in the wake of intense scrutiny of the
administrations policy of detaining mothers and children while their asylum
cases make their way through the court system.
It also came less than 24 hours after another woman cut herself at one of
the facilities. The 38-year-old mother has been locked up in a Texas
facility with her 5-year-old daughter since May. She told officials that she
had been granted a bond of $8,500, but that she couldnt leave because she
didnt have the money to pay it. Members of Congress described it as an
attempted suicide.
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials said there was no suicide
attempt at the facility.
The administration ramped up its use of family detention facilities
following last years surge of tens of thousands of migrant families fleeing
Central America. It currently operates three family detention centers in
Berks County, Pa., and Karnes City and Dilly, Texas. Some detainees have
been held for more than a year.
The policy of detaining mothers and children has been under fire for months.
McClatchy reported on allegations of sexual abuse and mistreatment at the
Berks County facility. Last week, a federal judge ordered U.S. officials to
find and return a 34-year-old mother and her 12-year-old daughter whod been
deported to Guatemala. A deported teen mom who attempted suicide at the
Karnes facility told McClatchy about how she was taken from her young son,
stripped naked in front of screaming staffers and put into isolation after
cutting her wrist. U.S. officials then hid her at a hotel before hastily
deporting her to Honduras.
Johnson said ICE director Sarah Saldaña has come up with a plan to release
on bond families whove shown they have a credible or reasonable fear of
persecution in their home countries. The bonds will be set based on the
amounts that the family can pay but would be high enough to ensure theyll
report for their court hearings.
House Minority Whip Steny Hoyer, D-Md. , called Johnsons announcement a
strong step in the right direction, but he said that the best solution is
to shut the facilities down.
He was among a delegation of eight House Democrats who visited the two Texas
facilities this week. In Dilley, they were greeted by hundreds of mothers
using pillow cases and bed sheets as protest signs. One sign read Congress
please give us our freedom. Video taken by members of Congress shows
mothers and children chanting, libertad freedom in English.
Rep. Judy Chu, D-Calif., compared the facilities to the Japanese internment
camps during World War II. Rep. Zoe Lofgren, D-Calif., said most Americans
wouldnt believe the conditions under which the mothers and children are
being held.
We went to the Karnes facility first. Its a jail, Lofgren said. You
cant fix that. The majority of the inmates are children. Little kids.
Rep. Lucille Roybal-Allard, D-Calif., spoke to the mother at the Karnes City
facility who, less than 48 hours later, attempted suicide. The mother talked
about her daughter having an infection but that staff wouldnt treat it.
They told her to drink water, Roybal-Allard said.
This is happening here in this country, she said.
In May, Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials announced they would
revisit the cases of mothers and children detained the longest. The cases
would be reviewed after theyd been held 90 days, with followup reviews
every 60 days thereafter to ensure that cases are being processed through
the Department of Justices Executive Office for Immigration Review.
The administration this month released several mothers from the Karnes
facility, citing that policy change.
But Lofgren said they spoke with other mothers who had been there five and
six months who had never heard of those reviews.
Advocacy groups remain skeptical. Mohammad Abdollahi, advocacy director for
the Texas-based Refugee and Immigrant Center for Education and Legal
Services, said hed like to celebrate this kind of announcement. But he
questioned officials sincerity. He noted ICE has announced policy changes
before, but that mothers and children who should qualify for release remain
locked up.
Its kind of like well believe it when we see it, Abdollahi said.
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In this June 25, 2014 photo, a group of immigrants from Honduras and El
Salvador who crossed the U.S.-Mexico border illegally are stopped in
Granjeno, Texas. The epicenter of the recent surge in illegal immigration is
a 5-mile slice of deep South Texas that has become a hot spot for migrants,
human smugglers and drug cartels. (photo: Eric Gay/AP)
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US Says It Will End Long-Term Detention of Immigrant Families
By Franco Ordonez, McClatchyDC
25 June 15
he Obama administration on Wednesday said its abandoning its controversial
practice of detaining immigrant mothers and children whove established
their fear of persecution if returned to their home countries.
Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson said hed concluded that locking up
mothers and children, which can cost $342 per family a day, was not an
effective use of his agencys resources. But he said the controversial
family detention centers, which currently hold more than 2,500 parents and
children, will remain open.
I have reached the conclusion that we must make substantial changes in our
detention practices with respect to families with children, he said. In
short, once a family has established eligibility for asylum or other relief
under our laws, long-term detention is an inefficient use of our resources
and should be discontinued.
The announcement comes in the wake of intense scrutiny of the
administrations policy of detaining mothers and children while their asylum
cases make their way through the court system.
It also came less than 24 hours after another woman cut herself at one of
the facilities. The 38-year-old mother has been locked up in a Texas
facility with her 5-year-old daughter since May. She told officials that she
had been granted a bond of $8,500, but that she couldnt leave because she
didnt have the money to pay it. Members of Congress described it as an
attempted suicide.
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials said there was no suicide
attempt at the facility.
The administration ramped up its use of family detention facilities
following last years surge of tens of thousands of migrant families fleeing
Central America. It currently operates three family detention centers in
Berks County, Pa., and Karnes City and Dilly, Texas. Some detainees have
been held for more than a year.
The policy of detaining mothers and children has been under fire for months.
McClatchy reported on allegations of sexual abuse and mistreatment at the
Berks County facility. Last week, a federal judge ordered U.S. officials to
find and return a 34-year-old mother and her 12-year-old daughter whod been
deported to Guatemala. A deported teen mom who attempted suicide at the
Karnes facility told McClatchy about how she was taken from her young son,
stripped naked in front of screaming staffers and put into isolation after
cutting her wrist. U.S. officials then hid her at a hotel before hastily
deporting her to Honduras.
Johnson said ICE director Sarah Saldaña has come up with a plan to release
on bond families whove shown they have a credible or reasonable fear of
persecution in their home countries. The bonds will be set based on the
amounts that the family can pay but would be high enough to ensure theyll
report for their court hearings.
House Minority Whip Steny Hoyer, D-Md. , called Johnsons announcement a
strong step in the right direction, but he said that the best solution is
to shut the facilities down.
He was among a delegation of eight House Democrats who visited the two Texas
facilities this week. In Dilley, they were greeted by hundreds of mothers
using pillow cases and bed sheets as protest signs. One sign read Congress
please give us our freedom. Video taken by members of Congress shows
mothers and children chanting, libertad freedom in English.
Rep. Judy Chu, D-Calif., compared the facilities to the Japanese internment
camps during World War II. Rep. Zoe Lofgren, D-Calif., said most Americans
wouldnt believe the conditions under which the mothers and children are
being held.
We went to the Karnes facility first. Its a jail, Lofgren said. You
cant fix that. The majority of the inmates are children. Little kids.
Rep. Lucille Roybal-Allard, D-Calif., spoke to the mother at the Karnes City
facility who, less than 48 hours later, attempted suicide. The mother talked
about her daughter having an infection but that staff wouldnt treat it.
They told her to drink water, Roybal-Allard said.
This is happening here in this country, she said.
In May, Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials announced they would
revisit the cases of mothers and children detained the longest. The cases
would be reviewed after theyd been held 90 days, with followup reviews
every 60 days thereafter to ensure that cases are being processed through
the Department of Justices Executive Office for Immigration Review.
The administration this month released several mothers from the Karnes
facility, citing that policy change.
But Lofgren said they spoke with other mothers who had been there five and
six months who had never heard of those reviews.
Advocacy groups remain skeptical. Mohammad Abdollahi, advocacy director for
the Texas-based Refugee and Immigrant Center for Education and Legal
Services, said hed like to celebrate this kind of announcement. But he
questioned officials sincerity. He noted ICE has announced policy changes
before, but that mothers and children who should qualify for release remain
locked up.
Its kind of like well believe it when we see it, Abdollahi said.
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