In a bid to live up to its campaign promise of checking illegal migrants entry into the United States, the U.S administration is set to separate families of undocumented migrants so as to reduce the number of illegal border crossings and tackle the country’s migration crisis.
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Although an existing US policy states that families of undocumented migrants are not separated before deportation, and are either kept together in specialized facilities or released before their deportation hearings.
But then, a New York times report stated that the US could start sending parents to adult detention centers, while children could be sent to separate juvenile detention facilities or to the so-called sponsors, who could be the children’s relatives living in the country.
The newspaper further said the plan has already been given a go-ahead by the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, but then, Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen is yet to approve it.
You will recall during his campaign that President Trump promised to introduce a set of measures including tough immigration legislation and the construction of a wall at the US-Mexican border so as to fight undocumented migrants coming into the US.
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