Biden Admin Sending FEMA to Border to Help Care for Child Migrants

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{snip} The record number of child migrants crossing the border has been overwhelming the administration’s stretched resources, Axios’ Jonathan Swan and Stef Kight note.

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{snip} The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) said Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas had directed FEMA to “support a government-wide effort over the next 90 days to safely receive, shelter, and transfer unaccompanied children who make the dangerous journey to the U.S. southwest border.”

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• “A Border Patrol facility is no place for a child,” Mayorkas said. “We are working in partnership with HHS to address the needs of unaccompanied children, which is made only more difficult given the protocols and restrictions required to protect the public health and the health of the children themselves.

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