The Department of Homeland Security's inspector general said the number of children separated from families may be higher than previous government figures suggested
The Department of Homeland Security didn’t have the necessary process in place to track how many immigrant children it separated from their families, and the number of children may be higher than previous government figures suggested, according to a new report from the department’s internal watchdog.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection, the DHS agency that handled the family separations, was aware of its deficient tracking systems since November 2017, when the agency operated a pilot form of the policy in El Paso, Texas. But...
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