By Associated Press
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Detained immigrant children line up in the cafeteria at the Karnes County Residential Center, a temporary home for immigrant women and children being held at the border, in Karnes City, Texas.Photo: AP
WASHINGTON — Tens of thousands of young families caught crossing the border illegally earlier this year subsequently failed to meet with federal immigration agents, as they were instructed, the Homeland Security Department has acknowledged privately.
An official with US Immigration and Customs Enforcement revealed that about 70 percent of immigrant families the Obama administration had released into the US never showed up weeks later for follow-up appointments.
The ICE official made the disclosure in a confidential meeting at its Washington headquarters with immigration advocates participating in a federal working group on detention and enforcement policies.
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