Migrant Boy Found Wandering Alone Was Deported and Kidnapped
A young boy whose video was shared widely online was kidnapped and separated from his mother when his family couldn t pay for her release.
Wilton Obregon and his mother Meylin, Nicaragua natives, crossed the border to Texas last month to seek asylum. But despite the Biden administration’s insistence that a public health order allowing rapid expulsions wouldn’t apply to children, the 10-year-old and his mother were dismissed to Mexico. Wilton’s brother Misael says they were kidnapped hours after the expulsion. Misael got a call from the kidnappers demanding $10,000 for his mother and brother. Since Misael was only able to come up with $5,000, they released his brother and kept his mother. Wilton was abandoned across the border by the smugglers, and wandered through farmland in South Texas looking for help. He eventually ran into a Border Patrol agent, who recorded the encounter. The Washington Post
Migrant parents say they have no idea where their children have gone after crossing the border into America as some will be housed as far away as Michigan due to the overwhelming number of arrivals
Parents already in the US are dealing with agonizing weeks-long waits to hear of their children s whereabouts
One mom said her daughter had traveled to join her in New York and was being held in the Donna facility but she then went for weeks without hearing from her
After several weeks and numerous calls to the government helpline she finally learned her daughter was in hospital in San Diego with COVID-19
5 Apr 2021
President Joe Biden’s “sanctuary country” orders, implemented at the start of his administration, have helped cut deportations of illegal aliens by 50 percent in March, a report reveals.
According to internal Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) data, reviewed by the
Wall Street Journal, the Biden orders helped cut deportations by 50 percent in March. The month before, Biden had cut deportations by 53 percent compared to January.
Biden also reduced arrests of illegal aliens by two-thirds compared to the rate of arrests in the final months of former President Trump’s administration. For perspective, in December 2020, ICE agents had arrested 4,400 criminal illegal aliens. By February, under Biden, 1,900 criminal illegal aliens were arrested a decrease of 57 percent.
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Washington Senate Passes Ban on for-Profit Prisons, Would Close ICE Center
On 3/31/21 at 11:02 PM EDT
The Washington state Senate has passed a bill banning private, for-profit prisons and detention facilities. The legislation would close a Tacoma facility currently operating under a contract with the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).
The bill would prohibit any person, business, or state or local governmental entity from operating a private detention facility within the state. It would also prohibit state or local governments from making contracts with any state-based private detention facilities. The bill would allow any facilities currently operating under a government contract to remain open until the contract ends.