{"id":1002950,"date":"2018-11-19T16:16:24","date_gmt":"2018-11-19T20:16:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/?p=1002950"},"modified":"2024-05-23T20:12:59","modified_gmt":"2024-05-23T20:12:59","slug":"the-latest-immigrant-children-detained-by-trump-admin-hits-all-time-high","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/the-latest-immigrant-children-detained-by-trump-admin-hits-all-time-high\/","title":{"rendered":"THE LATEST: Immigrant Children Detained By Trump Admin Hits All-Time High"},"content":{"rendered":"<p dir=\"ltr\">The number of immigrant children in government custody has again hit an all-time high under Trump. The Trump administration also won\u2019t rule out separating children from their families again, and troops Trump sent to the border as a political ploy are forced to stay there through the holidays. Here\u2019s the latest:<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The number of immigrant children in government custody hit an all-time high of more than 14,ooo under Trump.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sfchronicle.com\/nation\/article\/More-than-14-000-immigrant-children-are-in-U-S-13399510.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">San Francisco Chronicle<\/a>: \u201cThe number of undocumented immigrant children in government custody has topped 14,000 for the first time, a rise that shows no signs of slowing as the Trump administration enforces policies that are keeping them in government facilities longer.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Trump\u2019s nominee to run ICE refused to rule out separating children from their families again.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/local\/immigration\/trumps-nominee-to-lead-ice-ronald-vitiello-faces-senate-confirmation-hearing\/2018\/11\/14\/2edcb38e-e830-11e8-a939-9469f1166f9d_story.html?utm_term=.12638bfba4da\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Washington Post<\/a>: \u201cRonald D. Vitiello, a veteran law enforcement official tapped by President Trump to run U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, faced criticism at his Senate confirmation hearing Thursday for refusing to rule out the possibility that the Trump administration could resort again to separating migrant parents and children at the U.S.-Mexico border.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The Trump administration continues to tout family separation policies as an effective deterrent of illegal immigration.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/briefings-statements\/remarks-president-trump-illegal-immigration-crisis-border-security\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Trump<\/a>: \u201cIt&#8217;s almost like an incentive to &#8212; when they hear they&#8217;re not going to be separated, they come many, many times over.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/local\/immigration\/trumps-nominee-to-lead-ice-ronald-vitiello-faces-senate-confirmation-hearing\/2018\/11\/14\/2edcb38e-e830-11e8-a939-9469f1166f9d_story.html?utm_term=.63e2b9ac6150\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Washington Post<\/a>: \u201c\u2018That option and that discussion is underway,\u2019 Vitiello told the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee. He would not address lawmakers\u2019 questions seeking clarity on how long he believed migrant children should be detained, and whether the separation from their families caused them psychological harm. \u2018We\u2019ll get less people bringing their children,\u2019 he added. \u2018It is an option.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Trump\u2019s anti-immigrant agenda scared immigrant families away from applying for food stamps.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vox.com\/policy-and-politics\/2018\/11\/15\/18094901\/trump-immigration-policy-food-stamps-snap\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Vox<\/a>: \u201cAfter two years of Donald Trump and his anti-immigrant rhetoric, fewer immigrant families are using federal food stamps \u2014 even though no formal changes have been made to the program or its eligibility rules. The implication, according to researchers who have been studying the program for decades and other experts tracking the consequences of Trump\u2019s immigration crackdown, is families who should still be eligible for those benefits \u2014 and who still need them \u2014 have voluntarily decided to leave the program for fear that they would be at risk if they applied through the official channels.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Thousands of troops that Trump sent to the border remain there through the holidays, with little electricity and no combat pay.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2018\/11\/10\/us\/deployed-inside-the-united-states-the-military-waits-for-the-migrant-caravan.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">New York Times<\/a>: \u201cWith little electricity, no combat pay and holidays away from home, the 5,600 American troops on the southwest border are on a mission ordered by a politically determined commander in chief and a Pentagon unable to convince him of its perils.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2018\/11\/17\/politics\/trump-southern-border-government-shutdown\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">CNN<\/a>: \u201cTrump also said Saturday that the US military will remain at the US-Mexico border \u2018as long as necessary,\u2019 suggesting that the 5,900 troops deployed to the border could stay there past December 15, the scheduled end of the mission.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The Trump administration has not been able to provide a long-term objective for why Trump sent troops to the border.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/national-security\/mattis-visits-border-troops-defends-use-military-u-s-mexico-n936361\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">NBC News<\/a>: \u201cThe longer-term objective, he said, is \u2018somewhat to be determined.\u2019 \u2018When you&#8217;re in something like this,\u2019 Mattis said, \u2018it&#8217;s dynamic, it&#8217;s unpredictable. We&#8217;ll have to see\u2019 what develops with the potential for Central American migrants to try to cross into the U.S. illegally.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The number of immigrant children in government custody has again hit an all-time high under Trump. The Trump administration also won\u2019t rule out separating children from their families again, and troops Trump sent to the border as a political ploy are forced to stay there through the holidays. Here\u2019s the latest: &nbsp; The number of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":263,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1002950","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-press-release"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>THE LATEST: Immigrant Children Detained By Trump Admin Hits All-Time High - Democrats<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/the-latest-immigrant-children-detained-by-trump-admin-hits-all-time-high\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Democrats\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2018-11-19T20:16:24+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-05-23T20:12:59+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Claire DePree\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Claire DePree\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/the-latest-immigrant-children-detained-by-trump-admin-hits-all-time-high\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/the-latest-immigrant-children-detained-by-trump-admin-hits-all-time-high\/\",\"name\":\"THE LATEST: Immigrant Children Detained By Trump Admin Hits All-Time High - 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