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Trump admin: Parents must be fingerprinted to get back migrant kids
Previously, parents coming to claim their migrant children had been exempt from inputting their fingerprints.
by Julia Ainsley / May.29.2018 / 1:19 PM ET
A man has his fingerprints electronically scanned by a U.S. Border Patrol agent while others wait for their turn at the U.S. Border Patrol detention center in Nogales, Arizona on May 31, 2006.Jeff Topping / Reuters file
WASHINGTON — In an effort to crack down on illegal immigration by minors, the Trump administration will soon require fingerprints from parents coming to claim their migrant children from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), according to senior administration officials.
Previously, parents had been exempt from inputting their fingerprints into a system that would determine whether they have a criminal record…here [2].