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Biden Administration Moves To Speed Up Processing Of Migrants In Family Detention

Parents and children arriving at the border would be more quickly released within 72 hours, sources say.
The Karnes County Residential Center in Karnes City, Texas, is one of three family detention centers the federal government operates.

The Biden administration is aiming to process and release migrant families arriving at the border seeking asylum more quickly — within 72 hours — by converting some detention facilities, according to multiple sources familiar with the discussions.

The objective is to turn them into processing centers where criminal background checks and full health screenings can be completed, before migrant parents and children are released with orders to appear in court.

A possibility under discussion is eventually providing COVID-19 vaccinations as part of the

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