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SHRED

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Sun Jun 24, 2018, 11:25 AM Jun 2018

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


Trump canceled it.


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.


https://www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/ncna885896?__twitter_impression=true
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This Obama-era pilot program kept asylum-seeking migrant families together. (Original Post) SHRED Jun 2018 OP
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