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Acting DHS chief testifies about situation at border thehill.com/latino/447913-…
“In the last 40 days, 60,000 children have entered into DHS custody, both unaccompanied and as a part of family units," McAleenan told the Senate Judiciary Committee.
“Last month we encountered a modern record of 144,000 border crossers, a record day of 5,800 border crossing in a single 24 hour period and the largest single group ever apprehended at our border, 1,036 individuals.”
McAleenan noted the shifting composition of migrant flows from largely single adult men from Mexico to unaccompanied children and families, which puts additional pressure on facilities because they cannot be “effectively repatriated.”
“Any of our officers at the border can tell you that DHS facilities are overflowing, that our resources are stressed thin, with up to 50% of border patrol agents in key sectors assigned to processing, transport, medical care, and hospital watch, not securing our border,” he added
McAleenan said that Sen. Lindsey Graham's (R-S.C.) Secure and Protect Act of 2019 would “end the crisis.”
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