NEW: Trump admin. to ask the US Congress for sweeping authority to deport unaccompanied children, according to a copy of the request obtained by NBCNews. - JuliaEAinsley
who enter from non-contiguous countries, which effectively means children from Central America, are transferred to the custody of the Department of Health and Human Services, which works to reunite them with a relative or sponsor in the United States. And under a federal court agreement, immigrant families with children cannot be detained longer than 20 days. The Trump administration has previously tried to reverse the court decision through executive action, but has so far been unsuccessful.
"The result is that hundreds of Central American children come into our custody each day, await transfer to care, and, ultimately are placed with a sponsor in the United States," Nielsen said in the letter, which is expected to be sent to members of Congress on Thursday night. Kirstjen Nielsen, from center, Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, tours the border area with San Diego Section Border Patrol Chief Rodney Scott at Borderfield State Park along the United States-Mexico Border fence in San Ysidro, California on Nov. 20, 2018.
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