More than 12,000 migrant children reentered U.S. border custody as unaccompanied minors in fiscal year 2021 after being expelled to Mexico, typically with their parents, under Title 42 pandemic restrictions, unpublished government statistics obtained by CBS News show.
The data also show these self-separations and repeat crossings by migrant children were some of the factors that contributed toBorder Patrol reported processing 144,834 unaccompanied children in fiscal year 2021, a historic number that prompted the Biden administration to set up makeshift shelters at work camps, military sites and convention centers to alleviate dangerous overcrowding at border processing facilities.
"Expelling families under Title 42 had forced parents to make the unbearable choice of keeping their children with them in danger or sending them alone to safety in the United States. No family should have to make that decision," said Lee Gelernt, an American Civil Liberties Union attorney challenging the expulsions in court.
After defending Title 42 as a necessary public health measure for over a year, the Biden administration in early April said it would stop the expulsion policy in late May, citing improving pandemic conditions, including the availability of vaccines.could blockThe Trump administration used Title 42 across the board, using it to expel more than 15,000 unaccompanied children until November 2020, when a federal judge blocked the practice.
Funny that now that POTUS is president, those have become 'makeshift shelters', yet when US PROPAGANDA MSM did not like the President at the time, those where refereed to as 'children being kept in ANIMAL CAGES'
You should just ship them back.
Adoption shortage solution
Cages?
All because HE FAILED AT BORDER SECURITY!!!! Why is this being covered by the media?
What about our border and while you’re at it POTUS Turn on America’s oil and gas Americans need affordable energy and electricity seanhannity USATODAY newsmax WSJ SpeakerPelosi GOPLeader ABC NBCNews Sen_JoeManchin PressSec SenMarkKelly
Kids in cages
We need better legal immigration so desperate parents don’t risk the lives of their children to get entry to U.S…. And support in their home country so they can remain in safety and health
What kind of people send their children unaccompanied? It’s strategic and it’s bullshit, or else they don’t care and nor should the US.
AOC I’m sure you’ll be making a visit…right? 🧐
Nope those are Biden Cages
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