WASHINGTON: The US administration is considering a plan to separate immigrants who enter the country illegally from their children, newspapers reported on Friday after a rise in the number of border crossers. Slowing the flow of people sneaking into the United States from Central America was a major campaign promise of President Donald Trump, whose administration has cracked down on a number of fronts against undocumented migrants and refugees. Citing officials briefed on the proposals, The New York Times said plans call for apprehended parents to be sent to adult detention facilities while their children would go to shelters or to a ?sponsor,? who could be a relative. In a similar report, The Washington Post said the proposal is among other measures being considered and which would also crack down on undocumented migrants already in the US who pay smugglers to bring their children across the border. ?People aren?t going to stop coming unless there are consequences to illegal entry,? a Department of Homeland Security official told the Post.
12-23-2017, 01:00 PM
US could split up detained migrant families
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