Thread: Report: 15,000+ Migrant Children Now Held in U.S. Custody amid Border Surge

Report: 15,000+ Migrant Children Now Held in U.S. Custody amid Border Surge

by SIMON KENT 21 Mar 2021

The number of migrant children now held in U.S. custody surged past 15,000 on Saturday, with some 5,000 unaccompanied minors alone being held in a tent holding facility run by U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and other stations along the U.S.-Mexico Border.

According to a CBS News report, a spokesperson for the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) confirmed HHS is housing nearly 10,500 unaccompanied minors in emergency housing facilities and shelters licensed by states.

The detention of these minors shatters the 2,600 children held at the peak of the 2019 migrant surge.

The news outlet reported unaccompanied migrant children are spending 136 hours on average in CBP custody, passing the legal time limit of 72 hours in a trend that first started last month, as Breitbart News reported.



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The mainstream media is being silent as the Biden administration holds unaccompanied migrant children in Border Patrol custody longer than legally allowed, the head of the Border Patrol union stated.



Media Silent as Biden Illegally Holds Unaccompanied Migrant Children, Says Border Patrol Union
The mainstream media is being silent as the Biden administration holds unaccompanied migrant children in Border Patrol custody longer than legally allowed, the head of the Border Patrol union stated.

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4:01 PM · Feb 24, 2021

CBS further reported border officials have encountered over 500 unaccompanied minors per day over the past 21 days. The number of encounters are expected to top the 9,400 minors that entered custody in February.

Such is the pressure on CBP officials they are considering a plan to release migrants apprehended in South Texas who claim asylum without issuing a Notice to Appear (NTA). Breitbart Texas confirmed with a senior CBP official the plan is being discussed.

AP reports since Joe Biden’s inauguration, the U.S. has seen a dramatic spike in the number of people encountered by border officials.

There were 18,945 family members and 9,297 unaccompanied children encountered in February — an increase of 168 percent and 63 percent, respectively, from the month before, according to the Pew Research Center.

The president and other administration officials in recent days have stepped up efforts to urge migrants not to come while at the same time denying any crisis exists.



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Nothing to see here...everyone move along...China Joe has it under control!



Joe Biden: 'No' Crisis on the Southern Border — 'We'll Be Able to Handle It'
President Joe Biden said Tuesday that he did not believe there was a migration crisis on the southern border.
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7:21 AM · Mar 4, 2021

Critics have pointed to public comments from Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, who earlier this month advised the administration’s message to migrants was “don’t come now” and a slip by Roberta Jacobson, the White House’s lead adviser on the border, who said in Spanish during a recent briefing the “border is not closed,” before correcting herself.

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Load them on ships back home to their president.

This is sickening!

We have many American children and families who need help. What are the millions we give to these sending countries going to besides corruption in the governments. We are bearing the crime and problems of the world and bringing them here in mass.

This is a population assault, a demographic assault, an assault on our morals and values, an assault on our health care system, and financially will cripple us. This benefits no one long term. We will not sustain this.