Why we've seen many of these parents who have been removed decline to take their child is because they completed the smuggling act, that was the intended goal of their illegal entry in the first place. Matthew Albence More Quotes by Matthew Albence More Quotes From Matthew Albence We have plans to conduct a follow-up investigation in( fiscal year 2020), in order to both assess implementation of our 2017 recommendations and investigate any recent complaints we may receive. Matthew Albence health-news These individuals have access to 24/7 food and water. They have educational opportunities. They have recreational opportunities, both structured as well as unstructured, there's basketball courts, there's exercise classes, there's soccer fields that we put in there. They have extensive medical, dental and mental health opportunities. In fact, many of these individuals, the first time they've ever seen a dentist is when they've come to one of our( family residential) centers. Matthew Albence top-news Those individuals, as has always been our policy, were provided the opportunity to take their child with them pursuant to their removal. Those individuals declined to do so, they are not going to generally take that child back with them after they've accomplished their smuggling. Matthew Albence us-news Simply put, there are only so many resources to go around, we've had some places where, for months at a time, fugitive operations teams were shut down. Matthew Albence Congress hasn't seen fit to give us more officers to actually deal with the issues that happen here, it's a challenge. Matthew Albence They're here illegally, dACA isn't a status. Matthew Albence It's compounded by jurisdictions not cooperating with us. Matthew Albence
