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U.S. charges 3 for alleged smuggling conspiracy involving unaccompanied minors

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The Justice Department announced on Thursday it has charged three people in Ohio for conspiring to smuggle unaccompanied minors across the U.S. border. Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche said the indictment against Maritza Azucena Cahuec Coc, Carlos Cahuec Coc and one other defendant is emblematic of a broader problem, in which fraudsters are often serving … Read more

Advocates seek to halt CBP policy pressuring unaccompanied children to self-deport

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McALLEN, Texas — Legal advocates filed a motion Tuesday seeking to stop U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents from urging immigrant children entering the country without their parents to voluntarily deport themselves under a federal policy introduced last year. Border agents who arrest unaccompanied immigrant children who enter the country illegally are required by the … Read more