LORDSBURG U.S. Border Patrol Agents rescued an eight-year-old unaccompanied minor abandoned in the New Mexico desert Tuesday afternoon, April 6.
U.S. Border Patrol Agents from the Lordsburg Border Patrol station received a phone call from a concerned citizen requesting assistance for a group of migrants near Commodore Road in Lordsburg. Agents were able to locate the individuals and encountered an adult female with two children. The mother stated that only one of the children was her own. She claimed to have found the second child walking aimlessly through the desert by himself.
The area where the agents encountered the group is more than seven miles from the nearest road or residence. All individuals were medically examined at the Lordsburg station by contracted medical personnel and determined to be in good condition.
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Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has followed up his accusations of abuse and neglect at an emergency intake site for migrant teens at the Freeman Coliseum in a letter to Vice President Kamala Harris, who is serving as border czar in response to an increase in immigration.
The letter calls for migrant teens to be moved out of the site, and details tips received by the state that they were not eating and lacked supervision in showers and overnight. It also summarizes concerns that “there is sexual acting out between children” and that gay teens are bullied.
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The US Department of Health and Human Services is investigating allegations of abuse at a site sheltering unaccompanied minors in Texas, the White House said Thursday, after Texas Republican Gov. Greg Abbott alleged the state had received tips that children inside the facility were being abused and called for it to be shut down. The Biden Administration takes the safety and well-being of children in its care very seriously, a White House spokesperson said in a statement to CNN. Currently we see no basis for Governor Abbott s call to shut down the San Antonio Freeman Coliseum as an intake site, however, his claims will be looked into and investigated by the Department of Health and Human Services.