Report: US returning thousands of migrant minors into ‘harm’s way’
Immigration
Amnesty International claims the U.S. is immediately returning nearly all unaccompanied Mexican children seeking asylum at the border
by: Alexandra Limon
Posted: Jun 18, 2021 / 04:49 PM CDT / Updated: Jun 18, 2021 / 04:49 PM CDT
WASHINGTON (NEXSTAR) — The Biden administration says for months the U.S. has been meeting its legal obligation to care for unaccompanied minors who seek asylum. But a new report from Amnesty International suggests that’s not the case for many children from Mexico.
“The U.S. border patrol is exploiting a provision of anti-trafficking legislation that allows for the swift return on a voluntary basis of unaccompanied children,” said Amnesty International’s Brian Griffey, the author of the report titled “Pushed into Harm’s Way.”
Griffey says U.S. border officials should be properly screening every child.
“Even Mexican officials have told us that U.S. authorities are sending back children who are not safe to be there,” Griffey said.
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