(Trends Wide) — The Biden administration will implement a new tracking program for migrant families released into the United States, with the goal of tracking them as they face expedited removal proceedings, according to multiple sources familiar with the plans. According to these people, the bill includes a measure that would require them to remain under home confinement.
The so-called Family Expedited Removal Administration (FERM) will place certain heads of households in alternative conditions to detention, such as a GPS monitor on the ankle, and will impose a curfew in four cities, confirmed the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in a statement.
The Los Angeles Times was the first outlet to report on the show.
Families will still have the opportunity to apply for asylum under the new program and, if they qualify, will go through that process. However, families that do not meet the condition called credible fear may be removed quickly, in a procedure known as “expedited removal,” which would prevent them from entering the United States for five years.
This program is part of the many initiatives that the Biden government will launch to try to manage the flow of immigrants on the border between the US and Mexico ––in this specific case of families–– after the May 11 at midnight the implementation of Title 42, a public health border policy that began to take effect in the covid-19 pandemic, ends.
“[Operaciones de control y expulsión] is committed to enforcing immigration consequences in a safe and humane manner for those who enter the United States irregularly,” said Corey Price, associate executive director of this division of ICE, in a statement.
“Families should not believe the lies of traffickers. Like single adults, noncitizens traveling with their children who do not have a legal reason to remain in the United States will be promptly removed and barred from reentry for at least five years,” the statement continued.
Last year, ICE piloted a similar program with immigrants residing in Baltimore and Houston, establishing a dusk-to-dawn curfew.
Administration officials are scrambling to deal with a significant increase in the number of migrants trying to cross into the U.S., after the expiration of Title 42 implementation, which allowed authorities to quickly remove migrants they find in the U.S. border.
The administration came under heavy criticism earlier this year after authorities were reportedly considering resuming the detention of families, a practice it had ended under Biden. Since then, the authorities maintain that there are no plans to resume this practice.
However, the high number of border apprehensions in recent days highlights the challenge facing the administration.
US border authorities encountered more than 10,000 migrants along the southern US border on Tuesday, according to a Homeland Security official, already exceeding government estimates by the time Title 42 ended.
Among the new policy measures the administration plans to implement is a new asylum rule that will largely bar migrants who have passed through another country from applying for this protection in the United States. The measure, proposed earlier this year, will presume that migrants cannot apply for asylum in the United States if they have not first sought refuge in a country they have transited through, such as Mexico, on their way to the border. Migrants who obtain an appointment through the CBP One app will be exempt, according to authorities.
Trends Wide’s Jack Forrest contributed to this report.
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(Trends Wide) — The Biden administration will implement a new tracking program for migrant families released into the United States, with the goal of tracking them as they face expedited removal proceedings, according to multiple sources familiar with the plans. According to these people, the bill includes a measure that would require them to remain under home confinement.
The so-called Family Expedited Removal Administration (FERM) will place certain heads of households in alternative conditions to detention, such as a GPS monitor on the ankle, and will impose a curfew in four cities, confirmed the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in a statement.
The Los Angeles Times was the first outlet to report on the show.
Families will still have the opportunity to apply for asylum under the new program and, if they qualify, will go through that process. However, families that do not meet the condition called credible fear may be removed quickly, in a procedure known as “expedited removal,” which would prevent them from entering the United States for five years.
This program is part of the many initiatives that the Biden government will launch to try to manage the flow of immigrants on the border between the US and Mexico ––in this specific case of families–– after the May 11 at midnight the implementation of Title 42, a public health border policy that began to take effect in the covid-19 pandemic, ends.
“[Operaciones de control y expulsión] is committed to enforcing immigration consequences in a safe and humane manner for those who enter the United States irregularly,” said Corey Price, associate executive director of this division of ICE, in a statement.
“Families should not believe the lies of traffickers. Like single adults, noncitizens traveling with their children who do not have a legal reason to remain in the United States will be promptly removed and barred from reentry for at least five years,” the statement continued.
Last year, ICE piloted a similar program with immigrants residing in Baltimore and Houston, establishing a dusk-to-dawn curfew.
Administration officials are scrambling to deal with a significant increase in the number of migrants trying to cross into the U.S., after the expiration of Title 42 implementation, which allowed authorities to quickly remove migrants they find in the U.S. border.
The administration came under heavy criticism earlier this year after authorities were reportedly considering resuming the detention of families, a practice it had ended under Biden. Since then, the authorities maintain that there are no plans to resume this practice.
However, the high number of border apprehensions in recent days highlights the challenge facing the administration.
US border authorities encountered more than 10,000 migrants along the southern US border on Tuesday, according to a Homeland Security official, already exceeding government estimates by the time Title 42 ended.
Among the new policy measures the administration plans to implement is a new asylum rule that will largely bar migrants who have passed through another country from applying for this protection in the United States. The measure, proposed earlier this year, will presume that migrants cannot apply for asylum in the United States if they have not first sought refuge in a country they have transited through, such as Mexico, on their way to the border. Migrants who obtain an appointment through the CBP One app will be exempt, according to authorities.
Trends Wide’s Jack Forrest contributed to this report.
