In a scene reminscent of the classic novel Lord of the Flies, where stranded children create their own, new, brutal society, with some going to relatives, the Biden administration released the majority of the 257,000 children who were in detention to 'group homes' throughout the nation, forever altering the level of care these facilities can give, and ensuring that the American demographic will change drastically as these children reach the age of maturity and disappear into the population.
Since President Joe Biden took office, 257,110 migrant children have been apprehended at the nation’s borders, according to U.S. Customs and Border Protection data. Children are captured by Border Patrol and swiftly released to sponsors across the country, not returned to their home countries.
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The number of children who have come to the U.S. alone during Biden’s term is far beyond anything seen before, including the migration surges of children during the Obama and Trump administrations.
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Border and refugee agencies have worked to keep up with the constant crossings of children, with thousands coming per week. But the biggest effect of this rush may not be acknowledged until years from now when these children become adults and face potential deportation.
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While 800,000 illegal immigrants brought to the U.S. as children have been protected under the Obama-era Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program from deportation, new children arriving are ineligible, cueing the need for a new DACA.
“Here's the problem that this administration is not even realizing — they're creating the next generation of DACA,” said Rudy Karisch, a former senior Border Patrol agent. He oversaw operations within the southern border’s top region for apprehensions. “We have not even figured out what we're going to do with the previous generation, and they're creating the next generation.”
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DACA was rolled out by Obama-era Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano in 2012.
Congress is the only government entity lawfully permitted to set immigration levels. Still, President Barack Obama acted after years of failed attempts to give legal status to immigrants who illegally entered the country. DACA allowed noncitizens under the age of 31 who had entered America before turning 16 years old and before 2007 to request that the government not deport them. DACA recipients also received documents to work in the U.S legally. The protections were good for two years at a time and then would require applying for renewal.
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Friday marked a decade since DACA was implemented. However, in that time, Congress has not moved to create a permanent solution for illegal immigrants who want to remain in the country permanently.
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“[I]t was, at the time, seen as a stopgap measure to provide relief to unauthorized immigrant youth after Congress had repeatedly failed to offer a path to legal status for these ‘Dreamers,’” Migration Policy Institute’s Muzaffar Chishti and Julia Gelatt wrote in a recent report. “Ten years on, DACA has proven more enduring than expected and remains the only large-scale policy change implemented during this period related to the legal status of unauthorized immigrants in the country.”
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