Central American asylum seekers arrive to a bus station after being released by U.S. Border Patrol agents on February 26, 2021, in Brownsville, Texas. U.S. immigration authorities are now releasing many asylum seekers after they cross the U.S.-Mexico border and are taken into custody. The immigrants are then free to travel to destinations throughout the U.S. while awaiting asylum hearings. | John Moore/Getty Images
As unaccompanied minors and families seeking asylum continue to pour over the United States’ southern border with Mexico at a rapid rate, many of the children in one Texas shelter are sleeping on the floor due to a lack of space.