cross-posted from: https://infosec.pub/post/45364251
In all, immigration officials detained more than 70 Minnesota children between Dec. 1 and March 10, according to a Sahan Journal analysis of detention records and habeas corpus petitions. The data analysis represents the most thorough accounting yet of the Minnesota children detained during Operation Metro Surge.
The analysis revealed some troubling trends: of the children who were detained, nearly two dozen were held in custody for more than 20 days, in violation of a longstanding legal settlement. Teens who were detained alone were sent to Christian youth shelters in Michigan, which made it hard for their families to find them. And nearly half of the children detained have since left the country.
At least seven Minnesota children were still detained as of March 10, according to the data. That number includes five boys between the ages of 14 and 17 whose location was not specified. At the time the data was collected, all five teen boys had been detained for at least a month; one had been in custody for more than three months.
Two Minnesota girls were also still in detention as of March 10. The older girl, age 13 or 14, had been at Dilley for six weeks at the time the data was collected; the younger girl, who’s 4 or 5, spent more than a month in detention, including several weeks at Dilley, before being transferred to an unknown location.
The Department of Homeland Security told Sahan Journal it could not confirm the status of the seven children still detained without their names.
In all, immigration officials detained more than 70 Minnesota children between Dec. 1 and March 10, according to a Sahan Journal analysis of detention records and habeas corpus petitions. The data analysis represents the most thorough accounting yet of the Minnesota children detained during Operation Metro Surge.
The analysis revealed some troubling trends: of the children who were detained, nearly two dozen were held in custody for more than 20 days, in violation of a longstanding legal settlement. Teens who were detained alone were sent to Christian youth shelters in Michigan, which made it hard for their families to find them. And nearly half of the children detained have since left the country.
At least seven Minnesota children were still detained as of March 10, according to the data. That number includes five boys between the ages of 14 and 17 whose location was not specified. At the time the data was collected, all five teen boys had been detained for at least a month; one had been in custody for more than three months.
Two Minnesota girls were also still in detention as of March 10. The older girl, age 13 or 14, had been at Dilley for six weeks at the time the data was collected; the younger girl, who’s 4 or 5, spent more than a month in detention, including several weeks at Dilley, before being transferred to an unknown location.
The Department of Homeland Security told Sahan Journal it could not confirm the status of the seven children still detained without their names.
This is going to be so bad if and when the details come out. :(
It’s our job to make sure the details come out and/or are not forgotten.
DHS: Creating tomorrow’s resistance fighters today.
Christian Youth Shelters? That adds a whole other layer
