Minors apprehended at the borders unaccompanied and undocumented

It is no secret that the surge of illegal border crossings is putting the current administration’s immigration plans at risk and sparking a colossal national debate. However, it is important to clarify that the controversy is strongly related to the increase in immigrant minors apprehended by border forces, who are not deported under the Biden administration.

To understand the issue at hand, we must take into account what happened during former President Donald Trump’s term (2017-2021) and what is currently happening, especially after President Joe Biden took office in early 2021.

The Trump administration had a strict and restrictive stance on immigration, which led to the implementation of arbitrary measures amid the health crisis, almost completely pausing immigration in the US and affecting the most vulnerable immigrant populations.

One of the restrictions implemented by Trump that caused the most shock, discontent and concern among immigrant rights advocates and activists was related to the deportation of immigrant minors in the midst of the sanitary emergency, who were apprehended by border forces.

Conversely, the Biden administration does not support such border practices and states that expelling unaccompanied minors risks their integrity and possibly affects their physical and psychological development since they are usually victims of abuse, human trafficking and other precarious situations.

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HHS faces pressure over unaccompanied immigrant minors

According to local law, unaccompanied minors apprehended at the US borders must be transferred by border forces such as CBP (Customs and Border Protection) to HHS (Department of Health and Human Services) facilities within the first 72 hours.

Under the Biden administration, what HHS is doing is transferring unaccompanied minors to a sponsor or family member within the US, which was the regular process before the health crisis. However, due to the high number of minors arriving in the US and the fact that the Trump administration never invested in infrastructure for immigrant children, HHS is not keeping up with demand for facilities and is not expediting the relocation process as quickly as it should given the current border situation.

Thus, border forces are keeping large numbers of minors in facilities that do not have the necessary supplies for children, such as Border Patrol stations. As a result, the pressure on HHS and processing times at its facilities are growing, including pressure from border entities.

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