Most Illegal Alien Children Released Into Care of Relatives
Most Migrant Children Released Into Care of Relatives
By JENNIFER MEDINA JULY 25, 2014
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A border patrol agent assisted an unaccompanied minor from El Salvador after he crossed the Rio Grande into the United States on Thursday. CreditJohn Moore/Getty Images
LOS ANGELES — The vast majority of unaccompanied migrant children arriving in the United States from Central America this year have been released to relatives in states with large established Central American populations, according to federal data released Thursday night.
A total of 30,340 children have been released to sponsors — primarily parents and other relatives — from the start of the year through July 7, according to the Office of Refugee Resettlement, which has overseen the care of the children after they are turned over by Customs and Border Protection. More children have been released in Texas than in any other state, with sponsors there receiving 4,280 children, followed by New York with 3,347. Florida has received 3,181 children and California has 3,150. Maryland and Virginia have each also received more than 2,200 children.
The numbers do not include those children who are sent to long-term shelters, which have prompted the most outrage from governors and other local officials across the country. Sponsors must be vetted by social workers, including a criminal-background check, and must also promise to make sure that the child appears for required immigration court appearances. Children who are not able to locate qualified sponsors are placed in long-term shelters or in foster care.
While the numbers do not include a breakdown by nationality, the vast majority of children are from El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras. Since October, more than 57,000 unaccompanied children have been arrested by Border Patrol agents, primarily near in the Rio Grande Valley in Texas.
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Report: 30,340 Illegals Released Across US This Year
by Tony Lee 25 Jul 2014, 6:05 AM PDT
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The Obama administration has released 30,340 illegal immigrant juveniles to "sponsors" across the country this year according to a report from the Health and Human Services Department's Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR).
The agency noted that "sponsors are adults who can suitably provide for the child’s physical and mental well-being and have not engaged in any activity that would indicate a potential risk to the child." ORR admitted that it does not consider the immigration status of the "sponsor" while doing its best to place a child with their parent, relative, or family friend.
The agency claims that all sponsors receive background checks and juveniles with contagious diseases are not released. Since October of last year, there have been nearly 60,000 illegal immigrant children who have been apprehended, and officials expect 150,000 more in the next fiscal year. Texas state Senator Dan Patrick has said that that somewhere between one in five and one in 10 illegal immigrants are actually apprehended.
These numbers are likely to drastically increase as more illegal immigrant children are put through the system. New York, for instance, is expecting 7,000 more illegal immigrant children in the next months, according to the New York Immigration Coalition and New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio's office.
Governors and officials in states like Arizona, Nebraska, and Maine have not been notified before illegal immigrant children were dumped in their states. States that have received more than 1,000 illegal immigrant juveniles this year include: California, Virginia, New York, Texas, Maryland, Florida, Georgia, New Jersey, North Carolina, and Louisiana.
Here is the state-by-state breakdown, according to ORR:
ALABAMA: 407
ALASKA: 5
ARIZONA: 186
ARKANSAS : 166
CALIFORNIA: 3,150
COLORADO: 221
CONNECTICUT: 325
DELAWARE: 117
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA: 187
FLORIDA: 3,181
GEORGIA 1,154
HAWAII: 8
IDAHO : 8
ILLINOIS: 305
INDIANA: 245
IOWA: 122
KANSAS: 179
KENTUCKY: 237
LOUISIANA: 1,071
MAINE : 8
MARYLAND: 2,205
MASSACHUSETTS: 773
MICHIGAN: 92
MINNESOTA: 173
MISSISSIPPI: 179
MISSOURI: 121
MONTANA : 1
NEBRASKA: 192
NEVADA: 122
NEW HAMPSHIRE: 13
NEW JERSEY: 1,504
NEW MEXICO: 18
NEW YORK: 3,347
NORTH CAROLINA: 1,191
NORTH DAKOTA: 4
OHIO: 360
OKLAHOMA: 212
OREGON: 50
PENNSYLVANIA: 386
RHODE ISLAND: 119
SOUTH CAROLINA: 350
SOUTH DAKOTA : 21
TENNESSEE: 760
TEXAS: 4,280
UTAH: 67
VERMONT: 3
VIRGIN ISLANDS: 4
VIRGINIA: 2,234
WASHINGTON: 211
WEST VIRGINIA: 10
WISCONSIN 50
WYOMING 6
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