The surge of migrants arriving at the southern border has led the Trump administration to expand a practice President Trump has long mocked as “catch and release.”
April 2, 2019
Relief organizations in some cities are struggling to feed and house the migrants and warning that a public health crisis is taking shape. But in recent months, the number of families crossing into the U.S. has climbed to record highs, pushing the system to the breaking point. As a result, the government is releasing families faster, in greater numbers and at points farther removed from the border.
ICE has been releasing asylum-seeking families so quickly that they don’t even have time to make travel arrangements. Families are given court dates, a head of household is often fitted with an ankle monitor, and they are dropped off at a charity-run shelter or bus station. San Diego County recently opened a shuttered downtown courthouse slated for demolition to house up to 150 asylum seekers. A coalition of religious and civic groups that manages the shelter said it has helped more than 11,000 members of asylum-seeking families since authorities began large-scale releases in late October.
“The federal government is saying, ‘This is not our responsibility,’” Phillips said. “And the cities and states have not stepped up to provide any kind of emergency funding.”
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