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    Feds change rules to allow quicker release of illegal families from detention centers

    Feds change rules to allow quicker release of immigrant families from detention centers

    Women and children sit in a holding cell at a U.S. Border Patrol processing center after being detained by agents near the U.S.-Mexico border near McAllen, Texas, on Sept. 8, 2014.
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    By MICHAEL MUSKAL contact the reporter

    The federal government announced Wednesday that it will release some undocumented migrant families on bond, a move designed to ease the strain on detention centers and address criticism from activists who argue that it is wrong to hold women and children for long periods.
    In a statement, Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson said the U.S. Immigration and Custom Enforcement agency, which oversees the nation's three such centers, will also move to release some families who can show “a credible or reasonable fear of persecution in their home countries.”


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    The families will have to post a bond to ensure they return for court appearances. The amount of the bond will be “reasonable and realistic, taking into account ability to pay, while encompassing risk of flight and public safety,” he said. The agency will also hold interviews with the families in a reasonable time frame, he said, to help shorten the time in custody.

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    “I have reached the conclusion that we must make substantial changes in our detention practices with respect to families with children,” Johnson said in the statement. “In short, once a family has established eligibility for asylum or other relief under our laws, long-term detention is an inefficient use of our resources and should be discontinued.”

    The detention of families and children has been especially thorny for the federal government in the wake of last year’s border surge, in which more than 68,000 families came into the United States, many illegally, from Central America and Mexico.


    U.S. to release several immigrant mothers from detention, but most remain

    Johnson has been under pressure to release more than 1,300 mothers and children being held in two centers in Dilley and Karnes City, both in Texas, and in a third center in Berks County, Pa.

    Activists have complained that the families are being held for long periods in sometimes questionable conditions while their cases are being weighed. They have also argued there was no need for incarcerations because bond and a promise to return when their court cases are being decided would work just as well.


    Some 130 House Democrats and 33 senators have called on the government to halt family detention, while a federal judge in California has tentatively ruled that the policy violates parts of an 18-year-old court settlement that says immigrant children cannot be held in secure facilities.


    “Last summer we faced an unprecedented spike in illegal migration from Central America,” said Johnson, defending the initial detention of the families. “A substantial part of that migration was adults who brought their children with them. In order to avoid a situation, after apprehension, in which we simply processed these individuals, escorted them to bus stations and released them, we increased our detention capacity.”


    After complaints, officials investigated the length of incarceration and conditions.


    “I and other DHS officials have conducted numerous visits to family residential centers. I personally visited the Karnes, Texas, facility on Monday of last week,” Johnson said. “While there, I inspected the facility, the lodging, the dining area and the classrooms for children, and spoke directly and privately with the health providers. Most significant, I spoke with dozens of Central American mothers at the facility who came to this country illegally seeking a better life for their children and themselves.”


    The current change in policies follows other changes announced in May.


    Officials last month said they will evaluate any case in which a family has been held more than 90 days. Officials also revoked the policy of using detention as a way of deterring immigrants from crossing the border illegally.

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    DHS To Release More Illegal Immigrant Families, Even As 84 Percent Fail To Appear In

    DHS To Release More Illegal Immigrant Families, Even As 84 Percent Fail To Appear In Court

    by Caroline May
    24 Jun 2015

    Despite a recent report indicating that the vast majority of the Central American families who illegally entered the U.S. last year seeking asylum failed to appear in court, the Obama administration says it is further reducing family detention.

    “I have reached the conclusion that we must make substantial changes in our detention practices with respect to families with children,” Department of Homeland Security Sec. Jeh Johnson said Wednesday. “In short, once a family has established eligibility for asylum or other relief under our laws, long-term detention is an inefficient use of our resources and should be discontinued.”

    According to Johnson, who recently visited the Karnes, Texas detention facility, DHS is already taking steps to relax family detention policies including: evaluating the potential release for families detained beyond 90 days, ending the use of “general deterrence” as a factor for detention, appointing a Federal Advisory Committee to advise on family centers, and ensuring families’ access to counsel and other services.

    Earlier in the week statistics from the Department of Justice Executive Office of Immigration Review obtained by Fox News revealed that 84 percent of family units from Central America detained beginning July 18, 2014, who were allowed to remain out of detention following their first court appearance, failed to appear for further proceedings.

    Wednesday, however, Johnson announced further actions to allow for more family releases.

    Johnson said he has approved and accepted a new plan offered by Immigration and Customs Enforcement Director Sarah Saldaña and her staff to offer release on monetary bond to illegal immigrant family unites who state a credible fear of persecution in their home countries.

    The criteria for the bond amount, Johnson said, would take “into account ability to pay, while also encompassing risk of flight and public safety.”

    Further, Johnson said he was instructing U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services to move forward with conduct credible and reasonable fear interviews “within a reasonable timeframe.”

    “In substance – the detention of families will be short-term in most cases. During that time, we will have the opportunity to confirm accurate address and sponsor information so that ICE can more effectively monitor and ensure compliance with immigration obligations. During that time, families will also receive education about their rights and responsibilities, including attendance at immigration court hearings and other reporting requirements,” Johnson said.

    He added that family detention will continue for those illegal immigrants who are not seeking relief.

    The move to reduce family detention comes amid outcries and lawsuits from immigration activists who see detention as unfitting for the circumstances. Despite the outcry, advocates for stricter policies point out that the U.S. is more than generous with its policies for relief and further reductions represent a “dangerous,” “reckless” development.

    “U.S. asylum standards are perhaps the most lax on earth, they’re wildly abused, and they pose a massive national security risk that has and will come home to roost,” a GOP aide noted to Breitbart News. “Our asylum standards have already tragically cost American lives. Americans know we need to be tightening them, not loosening them.”

    Indeed, as Fox News’ recent report revealed few are even appear in in court for the continued processing of their asylum claims, disappearing into the nation’s fabric where current immigration enforcement efforts will likely not apprehend them again.

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    I would like to know if Jeh Johnson is included in Washington social circles of if he is an outcast? Just wondering....who invites him?

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