It generally bars the government from keeping children in immigration detention for more than 20 days and guides how they are to be treated. But the case gave rise to an agreement in 1997 setting conditions for the detention of migrant children and the codifying of those conditions in law a decade later. The case worked its way to the Supreme Court, which sided with the government and against the girl’s advocates. who feared deportation if she picked up her daughter. They launched a class-action lawsuit on behalf of migrant children in the country illegally. Jenny Flores was 15-year-old native of El Salvador who was held in what her advocates said were substandard conditions in the 1980s, contending she was strip-searched in custody and housed with male adults. THE FACTS: There’s no Judge Flores involved. Judge Flores, whoever you may be, that decision is a disaster for our country, a disaster.” - remarks at a meeting with local officials in Southern California on Friday. TRUMP: “The Flores decision is a disaster, I have to tell you.
“I don’t know what (Trump) was referring to.”Įbrard said: “What Mexico is doing as far as the review of the southern border - well, it’s the same thing it has been doing.” “There is no very substantive change,” said Mexico’s foreign secretary, Marcelo Ebrard. Over the first three days of April, it apprehended 1,259 foreigners - not 1,000 or more a day, as Trump claimed. Mexico reports that its interception and detention of migrants from the south are “about average” in recent months. Mexico also detained more than 30,000 foreigners in the first three months of this year, before Trump accused Mexican officials of doing “NOTHING.” Mexico markedly tightened migration controls during the Obama administration. He’s also wrong in saying that Mexico did nothing about the problem until he threatened to close the border. THE FACTS: Trump is describing a Mexican crackdown on Central American migrants that has not materialized. TRUMP: “Before that they never did anything.” - remarks to reporters Thursday. It’s really good.” - remarks to reporters Friday. And if they apprehend people at their southern border where they don’t have to walk through, that’s a big home run. TRUMP, on why he is pulling back on sealing the U.S.-Mexico border: “Because Mexico has been absolutely terrific for the last four days. Whether they ask at the border or after sneaking into the U.S., most don’t get it. and get caught, they, too, are entitled to apply for asylum.Īs the Homeland Security report states: “Generally, any foreign national present in the United States or arriving at a POE (port of entry) may seek asylum regardless of immigration status.” As for those who sneak illegally into the U.S. What is lost in Trump’s rhetoric is that it is legal to come to the border and ask for asylum. It’s the craziest thing.” - speech Saturday. TRUMP: “If they put one foot on our territory, if they start climbing a fence and they’re on the Mexico side, welcome to the United States. Close to two-thirds were married.Īdditionally, the Justice Department granted asylum to more than 10,500 people who were already in the country and made their case for refuge in their deportation hearings.
The percentage was the same the year before and higher in 2015.Īltogether, Homeland Security granted the asylum applications of more than 26,500 people in 2017. Among those who came from Guatemala, El Salvador and Honduras and applied for asylum at the border, 56% were unaccompanied children. Last month, Homeland Security’s immigration statistics office released its latest annual report on the flow of asylum seekers and refugees, covering 2017. Among them are thousands who get a chance for a life in America because they make a compelling case that they risk persecution in their home countries. Those coming are increasingly families and children. THE FACTS: Figures from his own administration tell a different story than Trump’s mocking tale. That’s not a good sign.” - speech Saturday to the lobbying group. He’s afraid.” And he adds: “We don’t love the fact that he’s got tattoos on his face. I am very worried that I will be accosted if I’m sent back home.” Trump then mimics U.S. They read a little page given by lawyers that are all over the place,” coaching them to say “I am very fearful for my life. TRUMP, describing asylum seekers as “people that look like they should be fighting for the UFC (Ultimate Fighting Championship).
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