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Immigration,
Government

Apr. 24, 2018

ICE directive could change how immigrant parents, children are treated

A recently released directive to immigration enforcement officers could lead to increased detention of immigrant parents and caretakers of lawfully present children and outlines how those parents in the country without permission can arrange for the care of their children.

ICE Deputy Director Thomas Homan issued a directive last summer, which has recently become public, that instructs agents how to deal with immigrants in the country without permission who have children with legal status.

A recently released directive to immigration enforcement officers could lead to increased detention of immigrant parents and caretakers of lawfully present children and outlines how those parents in the country without permission can arrange for the care of their children.

Dated August 2017 but made public this month, the memo removes portions of previous guidance from 2013 that instructs U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement off...

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