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Photos show the crowded conditions where migrant kids are being held at the US-Mexico border
Photos show the crowded conditions where migrant kids are being held at the US-Mexico border
Yelena DzhanovaMar 23, 2021, 01:21 IST
Inside the Texas Border Patrol facilityCourtesy of the Office of Congressman Henry Cuellar (TX-28)
Photos, which Rep. Henry Cuellar shared, show crowded conditions in a Texas Border Patrol facility.
An estimated 13,500 migrant children were in government custody as of Thursday.
The Biden administration hasn't let journalists independently visit the facilities.
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The number of unaccompanied migrant children detained at the US-Mexico border has continued to rise throughout the first three months of 2021.
A Border Patrol facility in Donna, Texas, housing migrant children on the weekend of March 20, 2021.
Courtesy of the Office of Congressman Henry Cuellar (TX-28)
The situation at the border is quickly turning into a political firestorm, and is poised to generate more concern as people see the conditions inside the facilities.
A Border Patrol facility in Donna, Texas, housing migrant children on the weekend of March 20, 2021.
Courtesy of the Office of Congressman Henry Cuellar (TX-28)
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The Biden administration has implemented changes that aim to treat migrants fairly and humanely, in an attempt to overhaul Trump's immigration policies.
A Border Patrol facility in Donna, Texas, housing migrant children on the weekend of March 20, 2021.
Courtesy of the Office of Congressman Henry Cuellar (TX-28)
The State Department is broadcasting to people in El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Brazil, and Mexico that now is not a good time to come to the US, but the administration still has to deal with all the migrant children who are currently here.
A Border Patrol facility in Donna, Texas, housing migrant children on the weekend of March 20, 2021.
Courtesy of the Office of Congressman Henry Cuellar (TX-28)
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Biden has a number of solutions he could try to implement to deal with the thousands of migrant children coming to the US-Mexico border. Experts recommend against holding kids in jail-like settings.
A Border Patrol facility in Donna, Texas, housing migrant children on the weekend of March 20, 2021.
Courtesy of the Office of Congressman Henry Cuellar (TX-28)