| A Private Security Company Is Detaining Migrant Children at Hotels |
| Written by <a href="index.php?option=com_comprofiler&task=userProfile&user=52548"><span class="small">Caitlin Dickerson, The New York Times</span></a> |
| Monday, 17 August 2020 13:40 |
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Dickerson writes: "The Trump administration has been using major hotel chains to detain children and families taken into custody at the border, creating a largely unregulated shadow system of detention and swift expulsions without the safeguards that are intended to protect the most vulnerable migrants."
A Private Security Company Is Detaining Migrant Children at Hotels17 August 20
Government data obtained by The New York Times, along with court documents, show that hotel detentions overseen by a private security company have ballooned in recent months under an aggressive border closure policy related to the coronavirus pandemic. More than 100,000 migrants, including children and families, have been summarily expelled from the country under the measure. But rather than deterring additional migration, the policy appears to have caused border crossings to surge, in part because it eliminates some of the legal consequences for repeat attempts at illegal crossings. |
he Trump administration has been using major hotel chains to detain children and families taken into custody at the border, creating a largely unregulated shadow system of detention and swift expulsions without the safeguards that are intended to protect the most vulnerable migrants.