In 2020, Mexico passed amendments to its General Law on the Rights of Children and Adolescents and Migration Law which expressly prohibited the immigration detention of children and adolescents–in line with the growing international consensus that immigration detention is never in their best interests. However, despite these amendments, Mexico has effectively replaced the use of […]
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