Immigrant Advocate: Unaccompanied Minors Are Not a “Border Crisis” But a Humanitarian Crisis

Thousands of migrant children seeking refuge are being held in crowded cells amid an increase in asylum seekers at the U.S.-Mexico border. Despite claims by Republican lawmakers during a tour of the southern border aimed at warning against rollbacks of Trump’s immigration policy, most adults at the border are still being turned away, while the Biden administration is allowing unaccompanied children to cross while their cases are processed. Thousands of the unaccompanied minors are being sent to cities across Texas to be housed and processed, including Dallas, where FEMA will hold as many as 3,000 unaccompanied teens. Fernando García, founding director of the Border Network for Human Rights, says that despite Republican claims about a “crisis” at the border, the situation is not new or unexpected. The Biden administration “was not ready to deal with a situation like this,” says García, “after Trump destroyed the infrastructure in the refugee asylum systems in the last four years.”

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[miguelsalazar]

Who's bringing the minors ? Who's organizing that ? Coming to the border is no minor task ! A minor let alone thousands of minors unaccompanied could not be at the border by themselves !

[sam]

if someone is willing to pay smuggler 5000 dollars what economic crises he could be going through!

[saveamericanfreedom]

Young children are being raped people are dying on the way parents are sending their children alone with unknown strangers this is a problem and if you don't see it you're blind

[j.s.]

It’s not America’s job to protect everyone. Look at our country we have our own problems

[ricardoguanipa]

Life in Central America is so harsh that 17-year-old look 30

[douglasncarter]

Where are the Democrat's drones to stop the surge?

[davidschlageter]

In my lifetime Trump had finally fixed the border crisis and now we are going back to the mess it was before Trump

[beeawesome]

Who is going to rent to them, give them jobs, transportation? Oh tax payers or go homeless. Who the hell told them it is better here? If it is so terrible in their countries why is the United Nations not stepping up. What are they good for?

[jmc]

Amy pls cover NY Times article on plans to test moderna vaccine on healthy l children under 12 incl babies! How is this OK? They’re the least likely to get it. Do you know how many vaccines/drugs are now given to new borns?

[andresrodriguez]

We have a border problem because our currency is almost double theirs and they do find work because American companies hire them

[andsowhat]

Omg, you were poor at kid #1 omg! Why...

[cynthialangley]

Alot of trolls in these comments showing ignorance and lack of empathy for human beings, especially these children.

[davidcopperfield-notthemag]

These children are incredibly strong! Traveling so far without protection. Bringing their younger siblings with them. Leaving their parents.

[camigalles]

We asked the Senate to invest in a vertical Indoor Farming industry at the border and a guest work visa program. Feed the World! This is a call to action to end world hunger.

[joannamartinez]

These migrants are not Mexican. Most of the Mexican people in the U.S. are natives. California, Texas, Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado, Nevada, and Utah were Mexican territories. They didn't cross the border, the border crossed them. lol 😊

[Sortthingsout-]

Of course, blame Trump!!!! Such hypocrites!!!

[theccpisaparasite]

Barbed wire, minefields, machine guns, deployment of soldiers shut it down. Go to the southern Mexican border and help them seal that. Enough is enough.

[danielmartinez]

If should be easy to ask Guatemala and Honduras to be part of the 🇺🇸 like puerto rico as a associated state

[estherepps]

Send the money to Mexico so they can stay Home, if it's an humanity crisis

[Cosmic.cougar]

This is a super wealthy country and we need to feed and house these refugees!