This Obama-era pilot program kept asylum-seeking migrant families together. Trump canceled it.

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NBC News @NBCNews 1h1 hour ago
This Obama-era pilot program kept asylum-seeking migrant families together. Trump canceled it.

from NBC:

ICE said the Family Case Management Program, which cost the government $36 dollars a day, was too expensive compared to other monitoring methods.

The Family Case Management Program, launched as a pilot in early 2016, aimed to keep asylum seeking kin together, out of detention, and complying with immigration laws. It was praised by immigration advocates for both its high rate of compliance and its ability to help migrants thrive in a new country — right up until the Trump administration shuttered it almost exactly a year ago.

As President Donald Trump tells the nation he must crack down on people who cross the border illegally while defending his administration's decision to separate thousands of children from their parents in the name of border security, advocates point to this program as a success story that was eliminated abruptly by a president more keen on deportation and detention.

Under the program, families who passed a credible fear interview and were determined to be good candidates for a less-secure form of release — typically vulnerable populations like pregnant women, mothers who are nursing or moms with young children — were given a caseworker who helped educate them on their rights and responsibilities. The caseworker also helped families settle in, assisting with things like accessing medical care and attorneys, while also making sure their charges made it to court.

According to The Associated Press, cost the government $36 per day per family. By the end, it served 954 people in total, according to a 2017 Department of Homeland Security Inspector General report.

read more: https://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/immigration-border-crisis/obama-era-pilot-program-kept-asylum-seeking-migrant-families-together-n885896?cid=sm_npd_nn_tw_ma

...one year ago:

ICE Shuts Down Program for Asylum-Seekers
With the family case management program scheduled to close on June 20, more asylum-seekers and refugees face harsh conditions in detention centers.
https://www.theatlantic.com/news/archive/2017/06/ice-shuts-down-program-for-asylum-seekers/529887/

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1. I'm sure this will be highlighted

on all the Sunday yak shows today.

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3. just heard Julian Castro mention it on AM Joy

...Joy expanded the discussion to mention the low cost of the program stated in the article above.

Kerry Kennedy says we need to return to the Obama-era program.

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