The Biden administration will allow separated migrant families the option of being reunified either in the United States or their county of origin, Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas said.
ICE is ending long-term immigrant family detention
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Hidalgo County Precinct 3 Constable Deputies gather information from migrants who crossed the Rio Grande in an area known as El Rincon del Diablo, the Devil’s Corner, Wednesday, Feb. 24, 2021. The constable deputies were helping the U.S. Border Patrol in the area near Anzalduas Park where a large number of families have crossed into the U.S. The Border Patrol has a processing area under the Anzalduas International Bridge. During the evening over 200 migrants, all family units or juveniles traveling alone, crossed the river and turns themselves in to authorities.Jerry Lara, Staff / San Antonio Express-NewsShow MoreShow Less
Attorney describes conditions faced by ICE detainees during Texas winter storms
About 300 people are being held at one of ICE s largest facilities, and they had to contend with overflowing toilets and freezing temperatures during the storm Author: Anastasiya Bolton Updated: 6:18 PM CST February 25, 2021
DILLEY, Texas Overflowing toilets, freezing temperatures, one bottle of water per person for an entire day, frozen food and milk are the conditions some ICE detainees described to their immigration attorneys the week a winter storm hit Texas.
“Nothing seems to shock me in immigration anymore,” said Allison Herre, managing attorney for Proyecto Dilley, which represents families held at the Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Dilley, Texas. “It s been a very eventful last four years in the immigration world.”