The federal government is reviewing internal practices regarding the return of migrants' property amid reports from migrants who said their passports, birth certificates and other personal documents were confiscated and not returned by Border Patrol.
The federal government is reviewing internal practices regarding the return of migrants' property amid reports from migrants who said their passports, birth certificates and other personal documents were confiscated and not returned by Border Patrol, the Department of Homeland Security told CBS News.told"60 Minutes"
In a story Sunday on the tens of thousands of migrants who have arrived in New York City over the past few months,"60 Minutes" reported that all but four of 16 recently interviewed Venezuelan migrants said Border Patrol did not return personal documents before releasing them. Attorneys, educators, case workers and volunteers in New York told"60 Minutes" that the problem is widespread, citing conversations with dozens of migrants.
Border Patrol, an agency overseen by CBP, is responsible for apprehending, processing and vetting migrants who enter the U.S. illegally. It typically holds migrants and asylum-seekers in jail-like stations or tent facilities for a short period of time before deporting them, transferring them to another agency or releasing them.
"They took them from me. Immigration took them from me," said Beberlyn, who is now living in a New York City shelter with her husband, 15-year-old nephew, 12-year-old son and 4-year-old daughter. Theresa Cardinal Brown, a former DHS immigration official during the administrations of Presidents George W. Bush and Barack Obama, said Border Patrol's reported failure to adhere to its documents return policy could stem from the soaring number of migrants the agency has had to process over the past year.
Cardinal Brown said the trend is"problematic" for everyone:"It's problematic the government's not abiding by its own policies. It's problematic for the migrants because if they are losing documents that could help them prove that asylum case, that's going to make it harder for them to do that in court."
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