distill_social Federal agents with ICE detained a 16-year-old asylum-seeker in Minnesota and quietly transferred him out of state after labeling him an “unaccompanied minor,” even though his father lives locally. The agency has expanded its practice of moving children into a shadowy national shelter network. The teen was sent to a Michigan facility run by Bethany Christian Services, a federally contracted child services organization with financial ties to the DeVos family. While in detention the minor's family and attorneys struggled to locate him and were initially told by authorities they had no record of his custody. While in custody, the teen reported being injected with multiple vaccines in both arms without being told what they were. These abductions, carried out under the broader immigration crackdown overseen by the Department of Homeland Security during the Trump administration, reflects an enforcement strategy that enriches oligarchs like Betsy DeVos. DeVos and others' involvement shows Michigan’s religious nonprofit sector and the growing role of faith-based contractors in federal immigration detention and the limited transparency surrounding how and why children are moved far from their families. . . . #protectkids #michigan #minnesota #asylum View all 1,100 comments