US reverses policy on migrant children’s sponsors 1 SHARES Share it! The fingerprint requirement began in June amid the zero-tolerance policy at the border that led to the separation of some 2,400 children from their parents. Some potential sponsors have said they couldn’t get people in their homes to be fingerprinted because they were afraid. Health and Human Services officials say their focus is the health and safety and best interest of the child, and they treat that responsibility with care. The New York Civil Liberties Union and other firms sued over the fingerprint policy last month, arguing it had slowed the process for releasing migrant children.

Source: Manila Bulletin December 19, 2018 07:30 UTC