American customs and Border protection (CBP) has quietly eliminated many of the internal policies designed to protect some of the most vulnerable people – including pregnant women, infants, the elderly and people with serious medical conditions.
Resolution, Explained in a note On May 5, it was signed by PETE FLORES, who cancels four policies during the Biden era, which has been enacted over the past three years. These policies were aimed at addressing CBP failures for a long time to provide adequate care for detainees who are at risk most at risk-have proven in some cases, in some cases, they are fatal.
The May 5 note was distributed internally to the leadership of the High Agency, but it was not publicly announced.
CBP justified the decline by reporting the abolition of the old policies related to care and custody – that the policies were “outdated” and “indisputable” with the agency’s current enforcement priorities.
Together, the policies that have now been canceled have laid down criteria for detainees with increased medical needs – for example, access to water and food for pregnant people, ensuring the privacy of breastfeeding mothers, mandating diapers and not ending in contract facilities. They also issued instructions to agents to address individuals at risk as quickly as possible to reduce time to reserve.
“It is a horrific thing and it is just an extension of the culture of cruelty that the administration is trying to commit,” said Sarah Mihata, Deputy Director of Government Affairs in the American Civil Liberties Union. She says the cancellation of policies “is a cursed statement about the way this administration thinks and is interested in people with young children.”
CBP did not immediately respond to WIRED request for comment.
One of the largest law enforcement agencies in the world, CBP is primarily responsible for the arrest of individuals who cross the American border without permission. While the enforcement of migration and customs (ICE) is supervised by the long -term detention and deportation procedures, CBP deals with the early stages of the nursery, when immigrants are held and treated in short -term facilities that have been repeatedly painted for criticism of medical care and residents
In January The Judicial Committee of the Senate He issued a cursed report revealing a dysfunction in medical operations at CBP. The investigation revealed the lack of chronic employees, the improper use of medical record systems, mysterious or not present directions to treat children, pregnant individuals and others with complex medical needs.
The report was driven by the 8 -year -old Anadith Danay Reyes álvarez, Who died in May 2023 at the CBP facility in Harlengen, Texas. It is said that the Panamanian girl, who had a known history of the heart problems and sickle cell anemia, was said to have appealed to her mother. Both were ignored. She died in the reservation, and her last hour he spent in a facility whose employees were not strained – and they seem unwilling to provide critical care.
“On the past week, in letters to the Trump administration, serious concerns about transparency, accountability and humanitarian treatment of detained individuals, especially in light of repeated reports on the improvised abuse and insufficient medical care.” “Instead of taking measures to correct the training course, the Trump administration has canceled many internal policies aimed at protecting some of the most vulnerable individuals in CBP-including pregnant women, children, the elderly, and those with dangerous medical presence.
