Immigrant Detention and Release
Legal Issues Affecting Unaccompanied Migrant Children
Border security includes the ability to remove illegal aliens that the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) apprehends, otherwise we are stuck with a system that sanctions catch and release. Due to legal loopholes and court backlogs, even apprehended illegal aliens are released and become part of the temporary, illegal population of people that we cannot remove. This must end now. Legal loopholes are exploited by minors, family units, and human smugglers, and are a magnet for illegal immigration. In 1997, the former Immigration and Naturalization Service entered into the Flores Settlement Agreement relating to the detention and release of unaccompanied…
