Government Prepares to Reunite Central American Children and Their Families in the United States

TThe Trump administration has agreed to reunite 2,714 Central American children with their families in the United States after a refugee organization sued the administration against President Trump's decision to ban immigrants from Central America to seek refugee status for their children in Central America.

Court documents filed Friday at the US District Court in northern California in San Francisco show that the US Agency for Immigration and Citizenship will allow children to enter the United States, declaring that she "agrees to waive her reconsideration procedure of her conditional release decision conditional release approvals for [the Central American Minors program] beneficiaries."

The Obama era program specifically addresses refugee claims made by parents already in the United States for their children in Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador. The majority of parents who have requested the status of their children are in the United States with temporary protection status, a temporary visa issued by the Department of Homeland Security to people from countries experiencing extreme hardship, such as natural disasters and political unrest.

"USCIS agrees to treat approximately 2,700 individuals who have been conditionally released on parole prior to the end of the CAM parole program, and issued resolution notices, as well as all children born later classified as supplements ", according to the agreement between the US Government and International Refugee Assistance Project, the legal team representing families.

Although the agreement was reached by both parties, it still needs to be approved by a federal judge before the processing of applications can resume.

At the inauguration of President Trump in the presidency, this program was one of the first elements of the cut block, while the administration was eager to tackle the problem of the problem. immigration, which had been hotly contested during the elections. The administration terminated the program in 2017, leaving requests pending in limbo.

The agreement also states that it will process applications from people over 21 if they were under 21 at the time of application before the end of the program, adding that "beneficiaries are eligible for CAM treatment from that they are under 21 years of age from the date on which their affidavit relationship forms were filed, regardless of their age at the time of parole in the United States. "