Trump officials sending undocumented children to Texas sparks fears of mass deportation
Nearly 90% of children in federal custody being directed to GOP-controlled state that has unlicensed facilities and low legal representation rates The Trump administration has started sending a majority of undocumented children who came to the US alone and have new immigration court cases to Texas, where government facilities for them are unlicensed , their chances of getting a lawyer are low and…
Nearly 90% of undocumented children in federal custody are being directed to Texas, according to the Trump administration. These children, who entered the US alone and have recent immigration court cases, face unlicensed facilities and low legal representation rates in the state. Advocates are concerned that Texas could become a "deportation churn-out factory" for these children, as almost 80% of them arrived unaccompanied by a parent or legal guardian and were placed in immigration court proceedings in July, with over 90% in August.
This shift has been analyzed by researchers at the immigration data insights platform bklg.org and shared exclusively with the Guardian.
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