'We urge you to maintain your commitment to not detaining families and children and not return to a cruel policy of the past,' states a letter to Biden signed by more than 100 House Democrats.
on Tuesday, the lawmakers said the "harm of detaining children is clear," and outlined ways detention can cause psychological trauma on children and disrupt family dynamics.The letter comes shortly after a similar one from Senate Democrats, underlining growing frustration in Congress over the administration's continued consideration of the move.to Biden calling family detention "ineffective and inhumane.
Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas told Senators in a hearing Tuesday that “no decision has been made" on whether to resume the detention of migrant families.We urge you to maintain your commitment to not detaining families and children and not return to a cruel policy of the past," states the House letter, led by Reps. Lou Correa , Pramila Jayapal , Bennie G.
They encourage the use of "alternatives to detention," which track migrants and help them follow their immigration court case requirements.The government's consideration of family detention and roll out of a slew of other new border policies largely stem from the expected end of Title 42. That policy has for three years cited COVID-19 concerns to allow the U.S. to rapidly expel migrants and asylum-seekers at the border more than 2.6 million times.
Officials are looking at a range of ideas and would not consider detaining families for long periods of time,
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