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US: Big drop in migrant kids at largest emergency shelter
Julie Watson And Amy Taxin
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FILE - In this May 11, 2021, file photo, three young migrants hold hands as they run in the rain at an intake area after turning themselves in upon crossing the U.S.-Mexico border in Roma, Texas. The Biden administration says the number of unaccompanied migrant children housed at its largest emergency shelter has dropped by more than 40% since mid-June. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull, File)
SAN DIEGO – The number of migrant children housed at the Biden administration s largest emergency shelter for those who crossed the U.S.-Mexico border alone has dropped by more than 40% since mid-June, a top U.S. official said Monday, touting progress at the facility that has been criticized by child welfare advocates.
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FILE - In this May 11, 2021, file photo, three young migrants hold hands as they run in the rain at an intake area after turning themselves in upon crossing the U.S.-Mexico border in Roma, Texas. On Monday, June 21, 2021, more than a dozen immigrant children described difficult conditions, feelings of isolation and a desperation to get out of emergency facilities set up by the Biden administration to cope with a rise in the arrival of minors on the southwest border. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull, File) Credit: The Associated Press
SAN DIEGO (AP) The number of migrant children housed at the Biden administration s largest emergency shelter for those who crossed the U.S.-Mexico border alone has dropped by more than 40% since mid-June, a top U.S. official said Monday, touting progress at the facility that has been criticized by child welfare advocates.
The number of migrant children housed at the Biden administration s largest emergency shelter for those who crossed the US-Mexico border alone has dropped by more than 40 per cent since mid-June, a top US official said Monday, touting progress at the facility that has been criticised by child welfare advocates. Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra told reporters that 790 boys are now housed at Fort Bliss Army base in El Paso, Texas, and the last girl left Monday. He did not say whether all the girls were reunited with relatives in the US, were sent to licensed facilities or if some were transferred to another unlicensed, emergency shelter that the government has opened as record numbers of unaccompanied children cross the border.
Health and Human Services secretary tours emergency shelter for migrant children in El Paso
While not addressing criticisms of conditions at the unlicensed Fort Bliss shelter, he praises improved processing and says the number of children being held at the military post has fallen to 790 boys.
Lourdes Vázquez holds a banner at a demonstration by the Border Network for Human Rights group calling for the release of migrant children being held at Fort Bliss in El Paso. To one side is Dulce Carlos, 29, holding a megaphone, and her 7-year-old daughter Myriam Chavarría.(María Ramos Pacheco)
7:05 PM on Jun 28, 2021 CDT