Thousands of migrant children are trying to cross the southwestern board of American. More than 4,000 children have been stuck in Border patrol run facilities. The factors attribute to this movement are the two devastating hurricanes last year, the outcome of pandemic and most importantly, the perception of enforcement is more relaxed under Biden’s administration. The New York Times reported on Sunday that many of the undocumented migrants who brave arduous, dangerous journeys across Mexico have been told by human smugglers that Biden has opened the border for them. The southwestern border typically sees a surge in migration, since Oct 1, 2020, customs and border protection has recorded more than 396,000 migrant crossings. Operators of private shelters along the border are concerning the number will continue grow sharply and no practical plan from the Federal government to address the issue.
In response to the recent surge in arrivals, the Biden administration is directing the Federal emergency management agency to assist in processing the finding shelters for the children and deploying Health and human services officials to border facilities to help quickly to identify their sponsors.
Meanwhile, the house of representatives is due to vote on two immigration bills that would provide a path to citizenship for millions living illegally in the United States. The Bills to help farmworkers and younger immigrants known as “Dreamers”. This is going to be an uphill battle since republicans have focused on attacking the democratic Biden administration for the new spike of arrivals at the border. Republican argue the latest bills would only encourage more illegal border crossings. Hundreds of youths under 18 have been crossing the border with Mexico every day recently.
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