U.S. Customs and Border Protection repeatedly violated its own rules for screening undocumented children between 2009 and 2014, according to a government report released this week. Under U.S. law, all children who come without papers have a right to argue before a judge that they would be in danger if returned to their home countries. But this
U.S. Border Patrol Broke Its Own Rules In Deporting Thousands Of Children
Human rights experts argue that many, if not most, of the children would be eligible to be considered refugees or candidates for asylum if they could have their day in court.