Category: unaccompanied minors

HHS Official Contradicts Biden on Illegal Immigrant Surge in Court Filing

A top official from the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) in charge of caring for unaccompanied immigrant children (UC) has described the surge of illegal border crossings as “unprecedented,” while adding that the temporary shelters that have been opened are providing “a crisis standard of care” to the minors. Cindy Huang, director of…


US Official Contradicts Biden on Illegal Immigrant Surge in Court Filing

A top official from the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) in charge of caring for unaccompanied immigrant children (UC) has described the surge of illegal border crossings as “unprecedented,” while adding that the temporary shelters that have been opened are providing “a crisis standard of care” to the minors. Cindy Huang, director of…


Biden Administration Opening Facilities in Michigan, Pennsylvania to House Illegal Immigrant Children

President Joe Biden’s administration on Friday announced plans to open facilities in Michigan and Pennsylvania as officials struggle to care for the surging number of illegal immigrant minors crossing into the United States from Mexico. The emergency sites in Albion and Erie will together have a potential capacity of 888 beds. Both are designated for…


Iowa Governor Says She Declined Request to House Unaccompanied Minors

Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds said her state can’t receive unaccompanied minors amid the unfolding border crisis, which she says was caused by President Joe Biden, adding that he has a duty to correct the situation. Reynolds, a Republican, told WHO radio earlier this week that she declined a request from the Biden administration to come up with foster…


Border Agents Rescue 8-Year-Old Unaccompanied Minor Abandoned in New Mexico Desert

U.S. Border Patrol agents (CBP) said on Wednesday that they had rescued an 8-year-old boy who had been abandoned in the New Mexico desert. The boy is the third unaccompanied migrant child to be abandoned in New Mexico in a week. Two toddlers were dropped over a border barrier at a height of about 14 feet…


HHS Opens 2 More Emergency Holding Facilities for Unaccompanied Minors

The Biden administration has opened another two emergency holding facilities used to temporarily house unaccompanied minors who illegally crossed into the United States amid the ongoing crisis at the southern border. Both facilities are located in Texas and will receive their first group of unaccompanied children on Monday, who will be transferred out of U.S….


500 Unaccompanied Minors to be Housed in Houston Holding Facility

The Biden administration is moving another 500 unaccompanied children from border facilities under U.S. Customs and Border Protection custody to an emergency holding facility as part of efforts to reduce overcrowding. The children are scheduled to arrive at the National Association of Christian Churches site in Houston, Texas, which has been transformed into an Emergency Intake…


Dozens of Unaccompanied Minors in San Diego Convention Center Test Positive for COVID-19

Dozens of the over 700 unaccompanied minors who crossed the U.S.-Mexico border illegally and were transported to a shelter at a San Diego convention center have tested positive for COVID-19, according to local and health officials cited in multiple media reports. U.S. Health and Human Services spokesperson Bonnie Preston told NBC7 San Diego on Monday that…


Dozens of Unaccompanied Minors at San Diego Convention Center Test Positive for COVID-19

Dozens of the more than 700 unaccompanied minors who crossed the U.S.–Mexico border illegally and were transported to a shelter at the San Diego Convention Center have tested positive for COVID-19, according to local and health officials cited in multiple media reports. The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) told The Epoch Times on…


500 Unaccompanied Minors to Be Housed in Emergency Holding Facility in San Antonio

Five hundred unaccompanied minors will arrive on Monday evening at an emergency holding facility in San Antonio, Texas, which was set up to address the surge in illegal border crossings in recent weeks. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) said the Freeman Expo Center has been partly transformed to…