Border Agents Release Migrants in U.S. in Shift From Trump
- Families detained crossing get new treatment, advocates say
- Anxiety and confusion mounts in camp for stranded migrants
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Some migrant families with children who’ve crossed illegally into the U.S. are being released in Texas by border patrol officials, a reversal of Trump-era policies to immediately send them back to Mexico, migrants’ rights advocates said.
It was unclear how widespread the shift was along the border, where it had been recent practice to immediately expel migrants due to the coronavirus pandemic. A change in Mexico’s migration policy added to the confusion after it appeared that officials there objected to the return of children, at least in the Rio Grande Valley.