ICE releases hundreds of asylum seekers on U.S. border with nowhere to go

ICE releases hundreds of asylum seekers on U.S. border with nowhere to go
"This is the start of a dam breaking," one official said.
Joshua Eaton
Oct 9, 2018, 8:02 pm


The Trump administration released hundreds of asylum seekers in Arizona this week without following protocols to ensure they can reunite with relatives or get to their court date, NBC News reports.

“This is the start of a dam breaking,” a senior officials in the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) told NBC News. “You’ll start to see this all across the southern border soon.”

Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) began releasing migrants from swelling family detention centers without reviewing their travel plans on Sunday in order to comply with a court settlement, according to agency spokesperson Yasmeen O’Keefe.

That settlement, called the Flores Agreement, governs how long and under what conditions the government can detain migrant children and their families. The Trump administration has blamed the agreement for its short-lived policy of separating of children from parents who crossed the southwest border illegally.

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