About 8,500 teens and children are living in shelters run by Health and Human Services, and unaccompanied minors are arriving more quickly than HHS officials can place children with sponsors. These sites have become dangerously overcrowded in recent days, according to lawyers who represent migrant children. ADADUnder U.S. law, minors are supposed to be transferred from U.S. Customs and Border Protection to HHS within 72 hours. “A Border Patrol facility is no place for a child,” DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas said in the agency’s statement. ADADThe latest HHS and DHS statistics show about 75 percent of the minors are ages 15 to 17.

Source: Washington Post March 14, 2021 00:33 UTC