Trump Deported Immigrant Minor Caregivers

During the last four years (2017-2021), we had the opportunity to witness what the reach of the executive branch is when it comes to an administration that does not support immigration at all. Former President Trump, along with his team, tried to decrease alternatives available to the most vulnerable immigrant populations, narrow opportunities for foreign workers (both skilled and inexperienced), and increase eligibility requirements to enter the US under almost any circumstance.

Regarding irregular immigration, several previous administrations have acknowledged the fact that there are millions of undocumented foreigners in the US, who need some kind of solution to be part of the social fabric and not be isolated while constantly boosting the economy. Conversely, the Trump administration argued that offering legal alternatives to immigrants who violated local law by crossing borders without prior authorization would only incentivize and increase illegal immigration, which would also affect the economy.

As a result, former President Trump gave his administration the green light to shut down almost all viable alternatives for undocumented immigrants, regardless of whether they paid mandatory annual taxes or not.

For instance, in 2018, the Trump administration implemented a policy that allowed DHS (Department of Homeland Security) to deport caregivers (relatives or parents) of immigrant minors, who crossed the US borders unaccompanied, without legal documentation and were transferred to the ORR (Office of Refugee Resettlement), a branch of the HHS (Department of Health and Human Services).

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Biden rescinds policy allowing the deportation of immigrant child caregivers

President Joe Biden’s administration, who took office nearly two months ago, is rescinding Trump’s policy that allowed DHS to deport minor caregivers.

To understand the issue at hand, it is important to clarify two important points:

1. Border forces such as CBP (Customs and Border Protection) cannot detain minors for more than a certain period of time, which normally does not exceed 72 hours. Therefore, they usually go to HHS facilities, where they must wait until they are finally transferred to a sponsor or relative within the US.
2. Relatives or parents of minors may go to HHS facilities to pick them up.

Since there has been a substantial increase in the number of unaccompanied immigrant minors crossing the US borders, the Biden administration hopes that by removing this policy, relatives of minors will be able to pick them up at HHS centers, without constantly fearing deportation.

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