The Trump administration has instructed Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officials to offer migrant teens the possibility of being repatriated to their home countries rather than being sent to a government-run shelter.
CBS News reported that the move changes longstanding U.S. immigration policy, which required to send unaccompanied migrant children to the Department of Health and Human Services if they came from countries other than Mexico and Canada. The agency oversees a network of facilities where minors stay until they turn 18 or can be placed with a sponsor, historically a U.S.-based relative.
