DHS anticipates an average of 441 unaccompanied children per day at border this year, a new record
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President Joe Biden's Department of Homeland Security expects a record number of unaccompanied minors to cross the border this year, setting the minimum at 148,000.
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The documents reportedly detail the response to the influx from the Department of Health and Human Services, which is responsible for placing unaccompanied minors into homes. U.S. law states that such minors cannot be sent back across the border unless their country of origin is either Canada or Mexico.
The estimates indicate a sharp increase over 2021, in which U.S. Customs and Border Protection encountered 112,433 unaccompanied minors.
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