Migrants shelter from the sun in a park in the Mexican border city of ReynosaThe US government has said that migrant families will stay at hotels and could be flown around the country for processing as it scrambles to cope with a surge in arrivals at its southern border. Last month 100,000 people were arrested at the border, of which about a fifth were families and nearly 10,000 were lone children. As the numbers continued to rise this month there were reports of border stations overwhelmed and children sleeping for days on mats in tents. SponsoredOfficials are said to be considering new ways to meet the challenge after Republicans accused the administration under President Biden of causing the crisis by ending two Trump-era immigration restrictions. The Washington Post said that Customs and Border Protection officials had asked for

Source: The Times March 22, 2021 00:03 UTC