Biden administration pays travel costs for adult sponsors to pick up migrant children
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The Biden administration is paying the travel costs for adult sponsors to go to migrant shelters and pick up migrant children – as the administration scrambles to cope with the surge in unaccompanied children (UACs) coming to the southern border.
It had already started to use government funds to pay to transport minors to sponsors in February. An HHS spokesperson said the transport of children to sponsors is a "normal part" of the UAC program’s operations. It has been estimated that the U.S. is spending at least $60 million a week to house unaccompanied children. There are currently more than 20,000 in HHS custody. It is not clear how many adults, some of whom will be illegal immigrants themselves, are having their travel costs paid by the taxpayer, but the movement is the latest sign of the dramatic, and costly, moves by the Biden administration to stem the crisis at the southern border.More Related News