Migrant kids held in US hotels, then expelled
Source: AP
HOUSTON (AP) The Trump administration is detaining immigrant children as young as 1 in hotels, sometimes for weeks, before deporting them to their home countries under policies that have effectively shut down the nations asylum system during the coronavirus pandemic, according to documents obtained by The Associated Press.
A private contractor for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement is taking children to three Hampton Inn & Suites hotels in Arizona and at the Texas-Mexico border, where they are typically detained for several days, the records show. The hotels have been used nearly 200 times, while more than 10,000 beds for children sit empty at government shelters.
Federal anti-trafficking laws and a two-decade-old court settlement that governs the treatment of migrant children require that most kids be sent to the shelters for eventual placement with family sponsors. But President Donald Trumps administration is now immediately expelling people seeking asylum in the U.S., relying on a public health declaration to set aside those rules.
Lawyers and advocates say housing unaccompanied migrant children in hotels exposes them to the risk of trauma as theyre detained in places not designed to hold them and cared for by contractors with unclear credentials. They are challenging the use of hotels as detention spaces under the Flores court settlement.
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underpants
(182,807 posts)I asked my wife a few days ago what we would do if the power went off. Its really hot.
Hotel?
She said wed could go buy a window unit and sleep downstairs. The AC in hotels is worrisome.
This is just horrible.
Throckmorton
(3,579 posts)The power is off.
underpants
(182,807 posts)We missed that one small detail.
My wife will crack up.
OneCrazyDiamond
(2,032 posts)I know they face a higher COVID risk here.
fierywoman
(7,683 posts)jimfields33
(15,807 posts)is under control. They are risking their lives big time. Europe or even Canada is safer.
Grokenstein
(5,723 posts)That doesn't seem in line with the Trump brand, to be honest.