Nearly all of the Central American migrant children and youths who cross the border are being delivered by federal agencies to close relatives living illegally in the United States, an agency official admitted to Senators on August 16. There would be a “humanitarian crisis” if officials end the Obama-set policy of delivering young migrants to their illegal-alien relatives, said Commander Jonathan White, who runs the child-migrant operation at the Department of Health and Human Services.If the deliveries are stopped, the agencies would need “hundreds of thousands of beds over the next couple of years” to house the migrant children and youths, he claimed. The “great majority” of people who accept the children are illegals, and just “10 percent of reunifications go to sponsors who are either distant relatives or not relatives,” White told Senators at the hearing before the Senate’s homeland security subcommittee on … [Read more...] about Border Agencies Must Deliver Youth Migrants to Illegal-Alien Relatives in U.S., Says HHS Official
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Stephen Miller Likely Sees Other Ethnicities As ‘Unworthy’ To Be Americans: Uncle
POLITICS 08/16/2018 03:51 pm ET Updated 31 minutes ago Family separation and the travel ban could be a "gateway to tyranny," David S. Glosser warned HuffPost on Thursday. By Hayley Miller Stephen Miller, a senior policy adviser to President Donald Trump, likely regards people of other ethnicities as “unworthy or inherently unsuited to life” in the United States, his uncle told HuffPost on Thursday. David S. Glosser, a retired neuropsychologist and Miller’s maternal uncle, said the actions of his nephew and the Trump administration “demonstrate derogatory religious, racial and ethnic profiling in its most primitive guise.” Miller’s controversial immigration policies, such as family separation at the U.S.-Mexico border and a travel ban affecting immigrants from seven countries — five of them Muslim majority — were the subject of a scathing op-ed written by Glosser and published Monday by Politico. The … [Read more...] about Stephen Miller Likely Sees Other Ethnicities As ‘Unworthy’ To Be Americans: Uncle
460 Asylum Seekers Are Stuck In Federal Prison Because ICE Has No Room For Them
POLITICS 08/16/2018 11:27 am ET "The chaos has not stopped. It's a mess," a union representative said of the prison facility in Victorville, California. By Ryan Grenoble It seemed obvious to the prison staffers at the time: Housing 1,000 asylum-seeking immigrants in federal prison facilities shared with convicted inmates is a recipe for disaster. Throw in zero training for prison staff, little explanation to the detainees about what’s happening to them, and language and cultural barriers, and you have a picture of how the Federal Correctional Complex in Victorville, California, has been operating since June 8. Eight U.S. representatives toured the Mojave Desert facility on Wednesday afternoon, including Rep. Mark Takano (D-Calif.), who had also visited the prison complex in early July with Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.). Takano told HuffPost the conditions are “marginally better” now than they were last month, and a Bureau of Prisons … [Read more...] about 460 Asylum Seekers Are Stuck In Federal Prison Because ICE Has No Room For Them
Future of San Francisco restaurant unclear after owner arrested on immigration-related charges
SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- The future of a beloved restaurant in San Francisco's Mission District is unclear. The owner was arrested and charged with obtaining his U.S. citizenship illegally.Born in Senegal and raised in France, Marco Senghor immigrated to San Francisco in the 90's and opened Bissap Baobab. "I took this place because nobody wanted to be here and I built it up from scratch," said Senghor about his business, which is a blend of a restaurant, bar and dance hall, that has become a neighborhood staple at 19th and Mission Streets. "This is a goal of every people who has a dream coming to America, is owning a piece of property. So I've been working so hard for it."RELATED: New York immigrant arrested during green card interview With a small business loan from the city, Senghor says he was able to buy the building from his landlord last year. But now, that is all in jeopardy. Last week, he was arrested for allegedly obtaining his U.S. citizenship illegally. The charges, filed on … [Read more...] about Future of San Francisco restaurant unclear after owner arrested on immigration-related charges
Bipartisan Senate study: Federal gov’t MIA on protecting migrant children
Get breaking news alerts and special reports. The news and stories that matter, delivered weekday mornings. SUBSCRIBE WASHINGTON — The government has made only incremental improvements to its troubled efforts to care for thousands of migrant children detained entering the U.S. without their parents, perpetuating a problem the Trump administration has aggravated with its "zero tolerance" immigration crackdown, a bipartisan Senate report said Wednesday. The 52-page study said no federal agency takes responsibility for making sure children aren't abused or used in human trafficking once the government places them with sponsors, who sometimes aren't their parents or close relatives. Immigration judges are ordering the deportation of growing proportions of these children partly because the government does little to ensure they get to court, and officials haven't provided sufficient mental health services for some of them, the report said. "Major deficiencies persist that leave the … [Read more...] about Bipartisan Senate study: Federal gov’t MIA on protecting migrant children