Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen wants Congress to allow for faster deportation of Central American children and the ability to detain migrant families
In a letter to lawmakers on Thursday, Nielsen said her most immediate request is for the authority to return Central American unaccompanied children to their home countries if they"have no legal right to stay," similar to the way the department repatriates Mexican children. The letter was first reported by NBC News.
"We are grappling with a humanitarian and security catastrophe that is worsening by the day, and the Department has run out of capacity," she wrote.Nielsen said the department's funds are also running out, despite recent additional money it received for humanitarian and operational work."[T]he situation is so dire we want to make notification to you now that we will require additional resources," she wrote to the Hill.
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