ACLU Commends New Directive Requiring Border Patrol to Safeguard and Return Migrants' Personal Belongings
August 29, 2024
August 29, 2024
ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico, Aug. 29 -- The American Civil Liberties Union of New Mexico issued the following news release:
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has published a groundbreaking new directive to curb longstanding inconsistencies and abuses in Border Patrol's handling of migrants' personal belongings. The new directive makes clear that Border Patrol is obligated to safeguard migrants' personal belongings at holding facilities, rather than to confiscate or force people t . . .
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has published a groundbreaking new directive to curb longstanding inconsistencies and abuses in Border Patrol's handling of migrants' personal belongings. The new directive makes clear that Border Patrol is obligated to safeguard migrants' personal belongings at holding facilities, rather than to confiscate or force people t . . .