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Fears of a border crisis fuel tension in Congress
Republicans are rallying their base around an anti-immigration message, while Democrats are racing to help President Joe Biden control the influx of migrants.
A Cuban migrant family is apprehended by the National Guard before crossing the Rio Bravo on the border with the U.S. in Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua state, Mexico. | AP Photo/Christian Chavez
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Congress is once again bracing for knock-down political combat over a burgeoning crisis at the southern border.
As a wave of unaccompanied migrant children arrives at the U.S.-Mexico border a potentially perilous scenario for those trying to enter the country Republicans are using the moment to rally their base around the same anti-immigration message trumpeted by former President Donald Trump. And Democrats are racing to help President Joe Biden control the influx of migrants without breaking their promise to make the U.S. immigration system more humane.
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WASHINGTON: A total of 8,800 migrant children who came to the United States alone are in federal care facilities, a US Health and Human Services (HHS).
The Trump administration had encouraged child welfare officers dealing with unaccompanied minors to share information about potential adult sponsors with immigration enforcement agents.