Numbers of Unaccompanied Migrant Children Rising at U.S.-Mexico Border; Overwhelmed West Texas Border Sector Faces Spike in Unaccompanied Migrant Children

Numbers of Unaccompanied Migrant Children Rising at U.S.-Mexico Border

Biden administration officials report a concerning increase in the number of unaccompanied migrant children being apprehended after crossing the southwest border with Mexico. Border Patrol agents apprehended more than 14,000 unaccompanied minors in May. The numbers continue to rise in June.

Border Patrol agents working the southwest border with Mexico apprehended 14,442 unaccompanied migrant children during the month of May, according to a recently released Southwest Land Border Migration Report. This represents an increase of nearly 22 percent over the previous month and the largest month since July 2021.

Reports from the Departments of Homeland Security and Health and Human Services reviewed by Breitbart Texas show the numbers are continuing to increase in June. On June 16, Border Patrol agents apprehended nearly 500 unaccompanied migrant children bringing the 30-day running average to 407 per day. The number of children held in HHS custody stands at 10,167.

After peaking in July 2021 at 18,954, the number of unaccompanied children apprehended at the border fell to 8,751 in January. By March, the number jumped back up to 14,138 and nearly hit 15,000 in May. —>READ MORE HERE

Overwhelmed West Texas Border Sector Faces Spike in Unaccompanied Migrant Children:

Del Rio Sector Border Patrol officials report an increasing number of unaccompanied migrant children being trafficked across the Texas-Mexico border. The sector is already overwhelmed with record-level large migrant group crossings.

Del Rio Sector Chief Patrol Agent Jason D. Owens tweeted a photo of a large migrant group crossing the Rio Grande from Mexico. In the photo, migrant children are seen crossing the river where dozens of people have drowned in recent weeks.

The chief reported his agents took nearly 70 unaccompanied alien children (UAC) into custody over the past weekend. This included many tender-age children.

“With high water levels & temperatures in the triple digits, crossing illegally is extremely dangerous, especially for children,” Chief Owens stated.

A report from the Departments of Homeland Security (DHS) and U.S. Health and Human Services (HHS) shows nearly 400 such migrant children were taken into custody by U.S. Customs and Border Protection on June 13. This brought the number of UACs in CBP custody to 643. —>READ MORE HERE

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