… apply to stay in the U.S. as a result, children are being detained and removed at about three times the rate that they were during even the first Trump administration. Since last year, ICE and the Office of Refugee Resettlement have made it much harder to be designated as a sponsor for one of these kids, even if you're related to them. They've added all kinds of new bureaucratic and paperwork requirements, proof of income, proof of identification, proof of backup, caregiving, and more. And they've added a requirement that sponsors attend ID checks where ICE agents are present. (01:22–01:35)
CLAIM
Asserts that ICE and ORR have increased the difficulty of becoming a sponsor for immigrant children.
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