Federal Agencies, Agency Memos & Announcements

DHS Announces Family Units at Border Who Don’t Claim Fear of Return Will Be Quickly Returned to Home Countries

9/23/19 AILA Doc. No. 19092401. Admissions & Border, Asylum & Refugees
DHS Acting Secretary McAleenan announced that DHS will return migrant family units arriving at the border without documents to their country of origin instead of releasing them into the U.S. interior unless they claim fear of return. Family units claiming fear will be returned to Mexico under MPP.
Cite as AILA Doc. No. 19092401.