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发帖数: 29846 | 1 http://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/us-immigrant-families-fail-
WASHINGTON (AP) — Tens of thousands of young families caught crossing the
border illegally earlier this year subsequently failed to meet with federal
immigration agents, as they were instructed, the Homeland Security
Department has acknowledged privately.
An official with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement revealed that
about 70 percent of immigrant families the Obama administration had released
into the U.S. never showed up weeks later for follow up appointments.
The ICE official made the disclosure in a confidential meeting at its
Washington headquarters with immigration advocates participating in a
federal working group on detention and enforcement policies. The Associated
Press obtained an audio recording of Wednesday's meeting and separately
interviewed participants.
On the recording obtained by the AP, the government did not specify the
total number of families released into the U.S. since October. Since only a
few hundred families have already been returned to their home countries and
limited U.S. detention facilities can house only about 1,200 family members,
the 70 percent figure suggests the government released roughly 41,000
members of immigrant families who subsequently failed to appear at federal
immigration offices.
The official, who was not identified by name on the recording obtained by
the AP, also said final deportation had been ordered for at least 860 people
traveling in families caught at the border since May but only 14 people had
reported as ordered.
In a statement emailed Thursday afternoon, ICE spokeswoman Gillian
Christensen said the no-show rate "represents an approximate snapshot of
individuals encountered beginning in May" who didn't reported to ICE.
Christiansen added that some of those people may still be reporting to
immigration court hearings and a "significant" number of deportation cases
are still pending before judges.
The AP reported in June that the administration would not say publicly how
many immigrant families from Central America caught crossing into the U.S.
it had released in recent months or how many of those subsequently reported
back to the government after 15 days as directed. The AP noted that senior U
.S. officials directly familiar with the issue, including at the Homeland
Security Department and White House, had dodged the answer on at least seven
occasions over two weeks, alternately saying that they did not know the
figure or didn't have it immediately at hand.
The Homeland Security Department's public affairs office during the same
period did not answer roughly a dozen requests for the figures.
More than 66,000 immigrants traveling as families, mostly mothers and young
children, have been apprehend at the border since the start of the budget
year in October. Nearly 60,000 of those immigrants are from Honduras, El
Salvador and Guatemala and cannot be immediately repatriated, so the
government has been releasing them into the U.S. and telling them to report
within 15 days to the nearest Immigrations and Customs Enforcement offices.
At the meeting, the ICE official acknowledged the no-show figures while
explaining the administration's decision in June to open a temporary
detention center for families in Artesia, New Mexico. A second immigration
jail in Texas was later converted for families and can house about 530
people. A third such detention center will open in Texas later this year.
Before the new facility in Artesia, the government had room for fewer than
100 people at its only family detention center in Pennsylvania.
Immigration advocates have complained that the new detention centers were
punishing immigrants who ultimately may win lawful asylum claims to remain
in the U.S. In the meeting, they also questioned whether immigration
officials had clearly and properly instructed immigrants to meet with
federal agents within 15 days.
The ICE official said it was necessary to detain families to ensure they
didn't vanish into the U.S. He encouraged advocacy groups to help find ways
to ensure that immigrants reported to federal agents as ordered so the
government could begin processing their cases, including any requests to
remain in the U.S. legally. | t*c
发帖数: 8291 | 2 这是美帝政府装傻装天真。
用脚趾头都想得出来这些人释放以后会不会再来出席法庭。
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【在 l****z 的大作中提到】
: http://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/us-immigrant-families-fail-
: WASHINGTON (AP) — Tens of thousands of young families caught crossing the
: border illegally earlier this year subsequently failed to meet with federal
: immigration agents, as they were instructed, the Homeland Security
: Department has acknowledged privately.
: An official with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement revealed that
: about 70 percent of immigrant families the Obama administration had released
: into the U.S. never showed up weeks later for follow up appointments.
: The ICE official made the disclosure in a confidential meeting at its
: Washington headquarters with immigration advocates participating in a
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