U.S. immigration agents are transferring more migrant minors caught illegally crossing the border alone to federal welfare authorities, according to government officials with knowledge of the matter, in a shift from a practice begun in the pandemic under which nearly all such children were sent back to their home countries without a chance to apply for asylum. About 30 minors a day were handed over to migrant shelters run by the Department of Health and Human Services in recent weeks, the people said, compared with about six...

Source: Wall Street Journal September 03, 2020 19:18 UTC