An agency tasked with protecting immigrant children is becoming an enforcement arm, current and former staffers say
14-05-2025 12:00 via feeds.texastribune.org

An agency tasked with protecting immigrant children is becoming an enforcement arm, current and former staffers say

The Office of Refugee Resettlement’s welfare mission appears to be undergoing a stark transformation as President Donald Trump seeks to ramp up deportation numbers, current and former officials told The Texas Tribune and ProPublica.
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