Immediate Solutions for Migrant Children

Conclusion: Long-Term Solutions NeededThe Biden administration has options to reduce illegal entries by unaccompanied children. First, it should immediately rescind Title 42 to allow children to cross with their parents without fear of immediate expulsion and homelessness in Mexico. Second, it should stop separating “unaccompanied” children from extended family members like aunts, uncles, and grandparents and release them together to free up space for truly unaccompanied children. Third, it should restart processing asylum applicants—particularly families and unaccompanied children—at ports of entry to prevent illegal crossings and allow for efficient processing. CBP should reassign Border Patrol agents to assist in processing applicants at ports of entry.The Biden administration also needs long-term solutions to address this flow of child migration, and it has intuitively grasped that the solution must be better legal immigration from abroad.[92] The administration has announced plans to expand the refugee program in Central America and issue parole documents to some children who have family in legal statuses in the United States under the Central American Minors (CAM) program.[93] Unfortunately, it has yet to implement either of these policies. It should prioritize doing so in a streamlined and simple manner.In order to make CAM an effective alternative to illegal immigration for children, however, the administration must designate Central Americans in the United St...
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