IMMIGRATION/TRUMP ADMIN: “About 8,800 unaccompanied children have been quickly expelled from the United States along the Mexico border under a pandemic-related measure that effectively ended asylum, authorities said Friday.
The Trump administration has expelled more than 159,000 people since the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention emergency order took effect in March, a figure that also includes more than 7,600 adults and children who crossed the border in families…
Before the pandemic, unaccompanied children were sent to state-licensed shelters operated by the Department of Health and Human Services and often released to family members while seeking asylum.”
-The Associated Press, “About 8,800 unaccompanied children expelled at U.S. border under coronavirus-related measure,” nbcnews.com, Sep. 11, 2020