With illegal crossings at a 20-year high and covid-19 cases surging in overcrowded border facilities, the Biden administration is trying a new deterrent.
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Overcrowded Border Jails Give Way to Packed Migrant Child Shelters
Federal documents indicate that while the Biden administration has cleared migrant children from border detention centers, now shelters run by the Department of Health and Human Services are strained.
Children waiting for processing by Border Patrol agents on Thursday in La Joya, Texas.Credit.Adrees Latif/Reuters
May 7, 2021Updated 9:01 p.m. ET
WASHINGTON Biden administration officials have insisted that they have gotten better control of a surge of migrant children that has swamped detention centers at the U.S.-Mexico border.
But documents obtained by The New York Times indicate that the problem has moved to other facilities, like convention centers in Dallas, San Diego and Long Beach, Calif., which are nearing capacity as funds for more space are scarce.
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