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#Trump admin wants access to database of #immigrant #minors
The Office of #Refugee #Resettlement [#ORR], which is responsible for caring for unaccompanied minors, has long operated independently of #ICE.
The Trump admin is seeking to grant US #immigration officers access to databases that contain info on hundreds of thousands of immigrant #teens & #children who crossed into the #UnitedStates w/o parents, WH border czar TomHoman told WaPo Fri.
#law #Trump
https://www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/2025/01/31/administration-access-immigrant-minors-data/
The Office of Refugee Resettlement, or #ORR, at the Dept of Health & Human Services [#HHS], which maintains the database, is responsible for caring for unaccompanied #minors taken into #US custody along the border. The #refugee agency then identifies & screens potential sponsors who can take custody of the #teens & #children — often close relatives living in the US — to get them out of government shelters.
The office has long operated independently of #ICE out of concern that the #minors’ #undocumented family members & sponsors may not come forward to claim them, fearing arrest.
A similar effort during #Trump’s first term drew swift outrage from #CivilLiberties groups who said it forced #children to stay in federal custody longer, & led to the #arrests of immigrant adults who had no #criminal histories.