Tag: Unaccompanied Minors

  • This article, in the Guardian, describes the DHS wellness checks on unaccompanied minors that MVM. a firm in Ashburn Virginia, has been conducting in order for ICE to locate unaccompanied minors The MVM firm had been used at the border to transport children separated from their parents. They have been accused of torture as well…

  • Since 1997, the Flores Agreement established a 20-day limit on the time a minor can be held in detention. A recent report from ICE indicated at over 400 children were detained for more than this 20-day limit. Read the article here.

  • The Border Report explains that there are 2000 unaccompanied minors currently being housed in ORR (Office of Refugee Resettlement) in HHS (Health and Human Services). And that 25% of those unaccompanied minors (around 500 children) are now living in facilities near that southern border in Texas. The concern is that ICE may be preparing to…