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‘The border is closed’: US deters adults but allows processing for child migrants Amanda Holpuch in New York © Provided by The Guardian Photograph: Mario Tama/Getty Images Joe Biden’s homeland security secretary said on Tuesday that even as the US processes a growing number of unaccompanied child migrants at the US-Mexico border, the country remains closed to most asylum-seekers. “Now is not the time to come to the border,” Alejandro Mayorkas said. US border patrol officials encountered more than 15,000 children traveling without adults in January and February and officials have warned the numbers continue to grow in the first weeks of March. The arrivals threaten to overwhelm stretched federal agencies, putting children at risk, though Mayorkas told ABC News it was a challenge his department could handle.

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