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A new proposal would allow officials to detain mothers caught illegally crossing the border while putting children into protective custody.
The Department of Homeland Security is considering a proposal that would break up families caught together illegally entering the United States by separating women and children, Reuters reported Friday afternoon, citing three anonymous government officials who had been briefed on the proposal. The proposal is apparently aimed, in part, at deterring mothers from crossing with their children.
The policy would allow officials to put children into protective custody with the Department of Health and Human Services while parents are detained as they are contesting deportation or waiting for an asylum hearing. Children could eventually be sent to family in the U.S. or to a state-sponsored guardian.
President Donald Trump has previously called for ending the so-called "catch and release" system in which immigrants caught crossing the border illegally are allowed to live in the U.S. for the time being, until their case is resolved.
Trump campaigned on hard-line stances on immigration. Since taking office, the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has carried out raids, purportedly targeting violent criminals although critics have argued that has not been the case.
"Despite saying he’d only target dangerous criminals, President Trump’s executive orders target practically every undocumented person in California," California Senate President Pro Tem Kevin de León, D-Los Angeles, said in a statement. "The lack of transparency by ICE is creating havoc and confusion in communities across the state and that has to change. It’s time for ICE to come clean on what they’re doing and how they intend to operate going forward."
But Trump has also reportedly expressed a willingness to consider a path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants. A White House official told CNN that if Democrats are willing to work with Trump they could get some sort of reform done.
"There's got to be a coming together," the official said.
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Women and children crossing together illegally into the United States could be separated
In this Jan. 4, 2016 photo, a U.S. Border Patrol agent drives near the U.S.-Mexico border fence in Sunland Park, New Mexico - Russell Contreras/AP
Women and children crossing together illegally into the United States could be separated by U.S. authorities under a proposal being considered by the Department of Homeland Security, according to three government officials.
Part of the reason for the proposal is to deter mothers from migrating to the United States with their children, said the officials, who have been briefed on the proposal. The policy shift would allow the government to keep parents in custody while they contest deportation or wait for asylum hearings.
About 54,000 children and their guardians were apprehended between Oct. 1, 2016, and Jan. 31, 2017, more than double the number caught over the same time period a year earlier.
Children would be put into protective custody with the Department of Health and Human Services, in the "least restrictive setting" while until they can be taken into the care of a U.S. relative or state-sponsored guardian.
Currently, families contesting deportation or applying for asylum are generally released from detention quickly and allowed to remain in the United States until their cases are resolved. A federal appeals court ruling bars prolonged child detention.
President Donald Trump has called for ending so-called "catch and release," in which migrants who cross illegally are freed to live in the United States while awaiting legal proceedings.
Two of the officials were briefed on the proposal at a Feb. 2 town hall for asylum officers by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services asylum chief John Lafferty.
A third DHS official said the department is actively considering separating women from their children but has not made a decision.
DHS, HHS and the White House did not respond to requests for comment.
Exclusive: Trump administration considering separating women, children at Mexico border
FILE PHOTO - Border fence gate between U.S. and Mexico is opened for a few hours to allow separated families to embrace as part of Universal Children's Day
FILE PHOTO - U.S. Border patrol agents stand at an open gate on the fence along the Mexico border to allow Luis Eduardo Hernandez-Bautista hug Ty'Jahnae Williams and his father Eduardo Hernandez (not in view), as part of Universal Children's Day at the Border Field State Park, California, U.S. on November 19, 2016. REUTERS/Mike Blake/File Photo
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Women and children crossing together illegally into the United States could be separated by U.S. authorities under a proposal being considered by the Department of Homeland Security, according to three government officials.
Part of the reason for the proposal is to deter mothers from migrating to the United States with their children, said the officials, who have been briefed on the proposal.
The policy shift would allow the government to keep parents in custody while they contest deportation or wait for asylum hearings. Children would be put into protective custody with the Department of Health and Human Services, in the "least restrictive setting" until they can be taken into the care of a U.S. relative or state-sponsored guardian.
Currently, families contesting deportation or applying for asylum are generally released from detention quickly and allowed to remain in the United States until their cases are resolved. A federal appeals court ruling bars prolonged child detention.
President Donald Trump has called for ending "catch and release," in which migrants who cross illegally are freed to live in the United States while awaiting legal proceedings.
Two of the officials were briefed on the proposal at a Feb. 2 town hall for asylum officers by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services asylum chief John Lafferty.
A third DHS official said the department is actively considering separating women from their children but has not made a decision.
DHS, HHS and the White House did not respond to requests for comment.
About 54,000 children and their guardians were apprehended between Oct. 1, 2016, and Jan. 31, 2017, more than double the number caught over the same time period a year earlier.
Republicans in Congress have argued women are willing to risk the dangerous journey with their children because they are assured they will be quickly released from detention and given court dates set years into the future.
Immigrant rights advocates have argued that Central America's violent and impoverished conditions force mothers to immigrate to the United States and that they should be given asylum status. (Graphic: http://tmsnrt.rs/2m4aPAs)
Implementing the new policy proposal "could create lifelong psychological trauma," said Marielena Hincapie, executive director at the National Immigration Law Center. "Especially for children that have just completed a perilous journey from Central America."
Hincapie said the U.S. government is likely to face legal challenges based on immigration and family law if they decide to implement the policy.
The policy would allow DHS to detain parents while complying with a 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals order from July 2016 that immigrant children should be released from detention as quickly as possible. That order said their parents were not required to be freed.
To comply with that order, the Obama administration implemented a policy of holding women and children at family detention centers for no more than 21 days before releasing them.
Holding mothers in prolonged detention could also strain government resources, said Randy Capps of the Migration Policy Institute, a Washington-based non-profit.
“You are talking about a pretty rapid increase in the detention population if you are going to do this," Capps said. "The question is really how much detention can they afford."
Department of Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly last week ordered immigration agents to deport or criminally prosecute parents who facilitate the illegal smuggling of their children.
Many parents who arrive on the U.S.-Mexico border with their children have paid smugglers to guide them across the dangerous terrain.
(Reporting by Julia Edwards Ainsley; Additional reporting by Mica Rosenberg; Editing by Sue Horton, Ross Colvin and James Dalgleish)
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