Children from South America crossing the U.S.-Mexico border, many of whom are traveling without guardians. (
The U.S.-Mexico border has become a growing problem since Biden took office, with large numbers of illegal immigrants from South America pouring across the border. The number of migrant children in the custody of U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) near the border topped 15,000 on Saturday (March 20). A tent shelter at the border alone is holding about 5,000 children who crossed the border unaccompanied by their guardians.
A spokesperson for the U.S. Department of health and Human Services (HHS) confirmed that HHS is housing nearly 10,500 children who crossed the border unaccompanied by guardians in state-licensed emergency housing facilities and shelters, CBS News reported. This breaks the record of 2,600 children held at the peak of the 2019 migrant influx.
According to Breitbart News, unaccompanied minors crossing the border were detained by CBP for an average of 136 hours, exceeding the 72-hour legal Time limit. And the trend began as early as last month.
CBS reports that border officials have encountered more than 500 children crossing the border each day for the past 21 days. The number of children stranded in March is expected to surpass the 9,400 in February.
CBP officials are currently under enormous pressure. They are considering releasing some of the illegal immigrants arrested in South Texas, i.e., allowing these asylum seekers to be released without a Notice to Appear (NTA). Breitbart News confirmed with a senior CBP official that the plan is under discussion.
Since Biden took office, the number of illegal immigrants stopped and apprehended by U.S. border officials has risen sharply, according to the Associated Press.
According to the Pew Research Center, U.S. law enforcement officers encountered 18,945 illegal immigrants who came with their families in February, as well as 9,297 unaccompanied children – a 168 percent and 63 percent increase, respectively, from the previous month.
Biden and other administration officials have made strong appeals in recent days for South American migrants not to come to the U.S.-Mexico border, while denying that there is any crisis at the border.
Critics point to Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas’ advice earlier this month that the administration’s message to migrants is “don’t come now. However, Roberta Jacobson, the White House’s chief border adviser, said in Spanish during a recent briefing that “the border is not closed. She later corrected her statement.
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