Lawyers say the facility violates child welfare standards, and that no minor should be held at Homestead for more than 20 days.
Immigrant children described being put in isolation for eight days, deprived of physical touch and constantly sobbing at a temporary detention center in Homestead, Florida, according to a motion filed by immigration lawyers on Friday.
That’s far longer than children are supposed to remain in government custody. The 1997 Flores court settlement requires the government to either promptly release children to sponsors or transfer them to non-secure, licensed facilities “as expeditiously as possible.” Instead, with a 57% increase of unaccompanied immigrant children being apprehended at the border since last year, and an increase in sponsor vetting, teenagers reported being stuck for months.
Immigrant advocates say children are being kept so long in Homestead because of poor case management. Some kids said they were at the facility for 50 days without having their case looked at, while others said they had multiple case managers who would each restart the sponsorship process, said Neha Desai, the director of immigration at the National Center for Youth Law, who has interviewed children at Homestead.
Homestead is a sprawling complex of dormitory buildings and tents, surrounded by chain-link fence and with guards stationed at every entrance. The facility, which was originally used by the Obama administration in 2016 for 10 months, was reopened in February to accommodate an increase in unaccompanied children crossing the border. Since then the Trump administration more than doubled the facility’s capacity and it currently houses 2,300 children between the ages of 13-17.
“Sometimes when your friend is crying because they can’t stand being here any longer you want to be able to give them a hug,” said a 14-year-old girl from El Salvador who had been in Homestead for over two months. “But you can’t because it’s against the rules.”
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