{"id":24533,"date":"2021-05-19T13:31:54","date_gmt":"2021-05-19T17:31:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.immigrationreform.com\/?p=24533"},"modified":"2021-05-19T13:31:55","modified_gmt":"2021-05-19T17:31:55","slug":"migrant-children-moving-dhs-hhs-immigrationreform-com","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.immigrationreform.com\/2021\/05\/19\/migrant-children-moving-dhs-hhs-immigrationreform-com\/","title":{"rendered":"Uncle Sam Plays a Shell Game With More Migrant Children"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Department of Homeland Security (DHS) boss Alejandro Mayorkas<\/a> recently patted himself on the back for a sharp reduction of illegal alien minors in DHS custody. But the Associated Press reports that the number of migrant children in government detention more than doubled<\/a> to 21,000 in the past two months. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

With\nthe Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) now handling housing, the\nBiden administration is relying on large-scale unlicensed emergency facilities\ninside military installations, stadiums and convention centers, skirting state\nregulations and legal oversight. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rep. Henry Cuellar<\/a>, D-Texas, said the human shell game starts in his border district. \u201cAll they\u2019re doing is moving kids from one [DHS] tent to the other [HHS] tent.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

HHS declines to say if there are legally enforceable standards for accommodating children at its emergency sites or how they are monitored. The agency would not comment on any efforts to track released minors<\/a>, as required by law. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The\nTrump administration effectively closed the U.S.-Mexico border to all migrants,\nciting public health concerns about COVID-19. Now unaccompanied alien children (UACs)\nare allowed entry to seek asylum, so parents send kids across the border alone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One veteran social worker says she\u2019s never seen the situation so bad. \u201cChildren are coming out sick, with COVID, infested with lice, and it will not surprise me to see children dying as a consequence,\u201d said Amy Cohen, executive director of the nonprofit Every. Last. One<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The\nAP, citing confidential administration sources, counted more than 17,650 UACs in\nfacilities with 100 or more children. A big holding center in Houston abruptly\nclosed after it was revealed that children were given plastic bags instead of\naccess to restrooms. Many smaller shelters, private homes housing handfuls of\nkids, do not provide access to education or recreation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

HHS says the average length of stay has dropped from four months last fall to less than a month. Yet the AP relates continuing allegations of abuse and neglect. Separately, whistleblowers charged that human traffickers<\/a> absconded with children from a 2,000-bed government shelter in San Antonio.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Last week, reports surfaced about migrant youths confined to buses<\/a> parked outside the Dallas convention center, where a 3,000-bed facility was filled to capacity. Administration officials called that \u201ccompletely unacceptable.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With Washington spending $62 million a week<\/a> to house migrant minors \u2013 some in squalid, insecure conditions — Mayorkas and the rest of Team Biden have nothing to cheer about. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Department of Homeland Security (DHS) boss Alejandro Mayorkas recently patted himself on the back for a sharp reduction of illegal alien minors in DHS custody. But the Associated Press reports that the number of migrant children in government detention more than doubled to 21,000 in the past two months. With the Department of Health and<\/p>\n

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