Ukrainian teen taken into U.S. custody at border moved to shelter in New York
CBSN
A 17-year-old Ukrainian girl who was detained by U.S. authorities along the Mexican border was transferred over the weekend to a government shelter in New York for unaccompanied and undocumented children, her prospective sponsor told CBS News Monday.
Like thousands of Ukrainians unable to return to their war-torn country, Yelyzaveta sought to enter the U.S. through the southern border last week. But because she was traveling without her parents or legal guardians, Yelyzaveta was processed as an unaccompanied child and held by Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officials in southern California for a few days.
Since March, U.S. border officials have been admitting Ukrainian families and adults through the San Ysidro port of entry near San Diego. But a 2008 anti-trafficking law requires border authorities to transfer undocumented children traveling without their parents to Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) shelters.
