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In the U.S. they are referred to as family detention camps, [1] family detention centers, [2] or family detention facilities. [ 3 ] Families crossing the United States border without a visa or other papers demonstrating they are admissible to the country are currently subject to detention by Customs and Border Protection .
U.S. District Judge Dolly Gee’s order applies to children held for more than 20 days at three family detention centers in Texas and Pennsylvania operated by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
"Conditions at the T. Don Hutto Family Detention Facility, and the impact of detention on families and children, proved that family detention could not be carried out humanely." [1]: 6 On August 6, 2009, federal officials announced that T. Don Hutto would no longer house immigrant families. [18] Instead, only female detainees will be housed there.
FOX's Laura Ingraham sought to minimize the controversy surrounding the enforcement of a 'zero-tolerance' policy on migrants entering the U.S. illegally.
Protests against the Trump administration family separation policy are a reaction to the Trump administration policy of separating children from their parents or guardians who crossed the U.S. border either illegally or to request asylum, jailing the adults and locating the minors at separate facilities under the care of the Department of Health and Human Services.
The Biden administration has apparently halted for now the practice of holding migrant parents with their children at three ICE detention centers.
Tom Homan, whom Donald Trump has chosen to oversee immigration and border security, said using detention centers for migrant families is still being discussed.
With this new policy, potential sponsors hesitated to help provide placement for the children in detention centers which "drastically delayed the placement of unaccompanied children." [35]: 4 [46] 2018: May: According to USA Today, The DOJ and "border authorities began to prose[cute] every adult who crossed the southwest border illegally in May ...