Mexican kids held for months as punishment for border-crossing (2015)

The Washington Post ^ | March 11, 2015 | Joshua Partlow

[Trump20162020]

LAREDO, Tex. — Last spring, as Central American children flooded into Texas in a way he had never seen in his three-decade career, Border Patrol agent Robert Harris decided to experiment.

His intelligence analysts estimated that 78 percent of the guides smuggling other migrants were Mexicans younger than 18 — teenagers often hired or conscripted by drug cartels that knew they would not be prosecuted if caught — and he wanted to attack this loophole.

“Why don’t we remove these juveniles from the smuggling cycle?” Harris, the outgoing commander of the Laredo sector of U.S. Customs and Border Protection, recalled thinking.

Now, as a result of that decision, young Mexicans are being held for months without charge in shelters across the United States, sometimes without their parents’ knowledge. Since the program began in May, 536 juveniles have been held — 248 of whom have been deported to Mexico after an average stay of 75 days, according to Border Patrol statistics. Mexican authorities say some of these repeat border-crossers have spent as much as six months in U.S. custody while they await an appearance before an immigration judge.

[nopardons]

Great find!

[Fedora]

Ping.

[Sasparilla]

Why are the RULES ALWAYS DIFFERENT for Democrats. Every time without fail.

[Parmy]

Moral of the story for those who are crossing the border illegally is this: Don’t come!

[hoosiermama]

Thanks

Media starting to cover the other side of story?

[dfwgator]

Keep ‘em coming....the truth is getting out and President Trump will be vindicated once again.

[Republican Wildcat]

Oh, no - look at the date. This is demonstrating their dishonesty and hypocrisy - the media apparently can’t remember even their own reporting on this issue prior to January 2017. You could fill several binders full of these articles.