NEW this AM — U.S. shelters received more than 7,000 unaccompanied migrant children during the first full month of the Biden administration.
That's the most migrant children the U.S. refugee agency has ever received in a February. More on @CBSNews:
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That's the most migrant children the U.S. refugee agency has ever received in a February. More on @CBSNews:
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The Office of Refugee Resettlement, the federal agency charged with housing unaccompanied minors, has been receiving an average of 337 children per day, according to figures shared with Congress.
8,000 children are currently in the refugee office's custody, per the figures.
8,000 children are currently in the refugee office's custody, per the figures.
As reported by CBS News last weekend, the refugee office has instructed its shelters to begin using beds that had been taken offline during the coronavirus pandemic to implement social distancing measures.
Yesterday, it got the CDC's green light.
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Yesterday, it got the CDC's green light.
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"It is obviously very, very concerning," a senior White House official told CBS News, referring to the border.
"People are being exploited and told lies and coming in the absence of understanding that they are undertaking this dangerous trip and that the border is closed."
"People are being exploited and told lies and coming in the absence of understanding that they are undertaking this dangerous trip and that the border is closed."
The @theYoungCenter's Jennifer Nagda:
"The new administration faces a difficult choice: turn away children who are alone and in danger, or house some of them in unlicensed 'influx' facilities ... While the latter option is a necessity, it must be temporary."
"The new administration faces a difficult choice: turn away children who are alone and in danger, or house some of them in unlicensed 'influx' facilities ... While the latter option is a necessity, it must be temporary."
The reopened influx holding facility in Carrizo Springs, TX is now housing 300 teen boys.
No final decision has been made on reopening the Homestead influx facility, but it is likely.
HHS is also weighing the possibility of using a military base in VA to house migrant children.
No final decision has been made on reopening the Homestead influx facility, but it is likely.
HHS is also weighing the possibility of using a military base in VA to house migrant children.
A shelter official who works with the government to house migrant children said the Biden administration is running out of options.
"I think they have a real problem on their hands," the shelter official said. "They're frankly going to be overwhelmed with these numbers."
"I think they have a real problem on their hands," the shelter official said. "They're frankly going to be overwhelmed with these numbers."
Going to share this story every time we cover unaccompanied migrant children, since the context is key:
The facts about how the U.S. processes unaccompanied migrant children at the border
cbsnews.com/news/unaccompa…
The facts about how the U.S. processes unaccompanied migrant children at the border
cbsnews.com/news/unaccompa…
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