DHS announces it has finished processing all migrants in the Matamoros, Mexico encampment who have pending U.S. asylum court cases.

700 asylum-seekers have been processed and admitted at the Brownsville, Texas port of entry, per DHS.
“We are no longer registering people in the Matamoros camp and no one arriving in the camp will gain access to this phased program through their physical presence there.”

DHS reiterates that the “border remains closed.”
“A small number of individuals remaining in the camp have been relocated to other locations identified by our international organization partners that afford greater protection than the informal camp.”
DHS says migrants and asylum-seekers “relocated” from the Matamoros camp “will be able to complete paperwork and the United States will review their information on a case-by-case basis.”

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BREAKING — 3,200 unaccompanied migrant children were stuck in Border Patrol facilities today, with nearly 1,400 held beyond the 3-day legal limit, according to documents obtained by @CBSNews.

169 of the children are under the age of 13.
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Reporting with @AdamVerdugo:
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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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8,000 children are currently in the refugee office's custody, per the figures.
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Yesterday, it got the CDC's green light.
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We reported last night that 90% of HHS shelter beds are full:
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"That is our human and moral objective from this administration."
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7,100 of 7,947 available beds for unaccompanied migrant children are currently occupied.

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