More than 700 migrant children held in Border Patrol custody after crossing border unaccompanied, leaked memo reveals amid fears of mounting crisis
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More than 700 migrant children who crossed into the United States without their parents are being held in the custody of U.S. border patrol
President Joe Biden facing a mounting crisis amid global pandemic
Record number of unaccompanied minors are crossing U.S.-Mexico border
It's causing the Biden administration to reopen shelters in Texas and Florida
The number of minors in federal custody has tripled to more than 7,000
'This is a difficult situation. It's a difficult choice. That's the choice we've made,' White House press secretary Jen Psaki said of the administration's decisions

By Emily Goodin, Senior U.S. Political Reporter For Dailymail.com

Published: 09:46 EST, 25 February 2021 | Updated: 10:22 EST, 25 February 2021


More than 700 migrant children who crossed into the United States without their parents are being held in the custody of U.S. border patrol as of Sunday.

The number was revealed in an internal Customs and Border Protection document obtained by Axios and comes amid a deepening immigration crisis for President Joe Biden during a global pandemic.

Record numbers of immigrants are crossing the U.S-Mexico border - many children and teenagers without parents - causing the Biden administration to reopen shelters to hold the children until they can be placed with a guardian.

Biden overturned many of Donald Trump's immigration policies with a swipe of his executive pen when he became president - including reversing Trump's policy of expelling minors who arrive without their parents.

Since then, the number of minors in federal custody has tripled-- excerpt, rest at link above --

Arrests of Unaccompanied Immigrant Children Surging at Southern Border
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Posted by Mike LaChance Saturday, February 27, 2021 at 10:00am

“children arrested for crossing the U.S. southern border illegally is on pace to rise more than 50% in February compared with the previous month”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0GNYza4li-Q

There is a full blown crisis happening at the southern border. While Democrats and the media twist themselves in knots insisting that everything is totally different under Biden, the number of unaccompanied children trying to cross the border is skyrocketing.

This is not happening by accident. People clearly believe they have a chance of getting in because of the new administration.

Michelle Hackman reports at the Wall Street Journal:

Arrests of Unaccompanied Immigrant Children at Southern Border Surge

The number of unaccompanied immigrant children arrested for crossing the U.S. southern border illegally is on pace to rise more than 50% in February compared with the previous month, people familiar with the matter said, raising the prospect of a humanitarian crisis there.

About 2,200 children have been illegally crossing the border weekly in February, and the pace is picking up speed as the month progresses, some of the people said. The government is projecting that about 9,000 children will be taken into custody by the end of February.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection reported taking 5,707 unaccompanied children into custody in January, an 18% rise from the previous month. The growing number of children in custody is beginning to strain the government’s ability to properly house and care for them.-- excerpt, rest at link above --