More than 178K migrant encounters in April according to CBP; reaction from 'The Five' The Biden administration and Democratic allies in Congress have been touting a decrease in the numbers of unaccompanied children in Border Patrol facilities in recent weeks -- but it coincides with a significant increase in those held in Health and Human Services (HHS) custody, where those children are being moved. The administration recently released photographs of the now-almost empty Border Patrol facility in Donna, Texas, as it noted that the number of unaccompanied children in custody was in the hundreds – from the more than 5,000 just a few months ago.