Lynda M. González for KUT
A pair of socks hang to dry inside a makeshift Border Patrol holding area for migrants in El Paso, back in 2019.
More unaccompanied migrant minors came into government care in March than any other month in the history of the Office of Refugee Resettlement program, according to the Department of Health and Human Services.
And hundreds of those kids many of whom are fleeing violence in their home countries will end up with family in Houston, according to experts.
Federal officials have been overwhelmed by large numbers of Central American kids and teens arriving at the U.S.-Mexico border each day. Some 23,000 are currently in federal custody 2,700 in Customs and Border Protection custody and 20,500 under the care of Health and Human Services.