For many years, there has been a recognition both by prior administrations and Congress that unaccompanied children are uniquely vulnerable, Young said. If those rules are changed, children will be arriving at our borders, traumatized, hungry, frightened, confused...and certainly not knowledgeable about our immigration system. Jessica Vaughan, policy director at the Center for Immigration Studies, said the Obama administrations track record has been to slow down deportations, and she doubts this is a shift in policy. I would be very surprised if that is the outcome based on what we have seen in the last few years on how they have selectively enforced immigration laws, she said. Instead, Vaughan feels the president wants to amend the law to give his Department of Homeland Security broader powers to place more children with relatives in the U.S., which then insulates the child from deportation. If any member of a family is protected in some way from deportation, then the entire family is considered protected, she said.
Posted on: Sat, 12 Jul 2014 08:38:54 +0000
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