CBP Is Expelling Thousands of Infants and Toddlers to Mexico After Midnight

David J. BierAt 1  a.m. they left us at the bridge in Juárez. I asked them why they would throw us to the streets at night with children, and an agent said, ‘That’s your problem, that is not my problem.’-35 ‐​year‐​old man from Honduras (interviewed by Physicians for Human Rights)In the dead of night, Customs and Border Protection (CBP) is expelling thousands of immigrant infants and toddlers into Mexican border cities that the U.S. State Department saysare too dangerous for American tourists. New statistics obtained via a  Cato Freedom of Information Act request show that as of May 31, CBP had used its Title 42 “health” authority to expel 30,806 children ages 3 and under—with about 41 percent of these expulsions occurring at midnight or later.According to CBP ’sagreements on repatriation with the Mexican government, no deportationsshould occur between 10pm and 5am, and anyone with special needs should not be deported between 8pm and 7am. But under Title 42, these restrictions are not being followed. CBP is expelling even very young children to Mexico in the middle of the night. The Biden Administration is actually expelling more children at night than even the Trump Administration did.The results have been horrific. Many expelled children arethen kidnapped by cartels, while othersare sent back across to the United States by their parents with family members or smugglers as “unaccompanied” kids. Figure 1 shows the number of toddlers and infants...
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