Biden reopens program for some Central American children to join parents in U.S. Molly O Toole © Provided by The LA Times Hundreds of asylum seekers gather at Chaparral Border Crossing last month in Tijuana. (Alejandro Tamayo / San Diego Union-Tribune)
An estimated 3,000 young Central American migrants who were already approved by the U.S. government to reunite with parents in the United States, but were stranded when the Trump administration abruptly ended the Obama-era program, could get another chance, Biden officials announced Wednesday.
The Biden administration is restarting the Central American Minors program, which enabled nearly 5,000 vulnerable youths in El Salvador, Honduras and Guatemala to apply from the region and join parents who were in the United States with legal status, according to the State Department.
Biden reopens program for some Central American children to join parents in U S
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Biden reopens program for some Central American children to join parents in U S
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