American Military News by Suzanne Monyak - CQ Roll Call February 14, 2021
The Biden administration said it will begin allowing asylum-seekers stuck waiting in Mexico under a Trump-era program into the United States, embarking on a difficult effort to locate and transport thousands of migrants during a global pandemic.
Beginning Feb. 19, the Department of Homeland Security will start to allow asylum-seekers who have been trapped for months or longer in dangerous northern Mexico border towns to proceed with their immigration cases from within the U.S., administration officials told reporters late Thursday.
Individuals will not be held in immigration detention facilities after they have been processed and brought to the U.S. Instead, they will be placed in “alternatives to detention programs†and allowed to proceed with their immigration cases from elsewhere in the country, the officials said.
“This latest action is another step in our commitment to reform immigration policies that do not align with our nation’s values,†Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas said in a statement.
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