New Surge of Border Crossers Creating a Shortage of Detention Beds
Published:
Fri, Oct 21st 2016 @ 10:51 am EDT
Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson met with ICE and CBP officials on Tuesday to review their plans to hold the expected surge of people crossing the southern border in the next few weeks and months. Currently ICE is holding a record breaking 40,000 people in their detention centers but is expecting that number to rapidly increase to 45,000 in the next months, leaving ICE to scramble to find enough space to house the expected detainees.
A main factor for this surge is the increasing number of Haitians taking advantage of Mexico’s 20-day transit document that allows them to reach the U.S. border. According to U.S. officials more than 5,000 Haitians have reached Mexico and are preparing to present themselves at U.S. ports of entry.
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