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• Officials found an unaccompanied 4-year-old boy walking toward the US border, as Biden faces a surge in migrant children trying to enter Summary List PlacementA four-year-old child was found walking towards the US-Mexico border by himself, officials said Wednesday. He was found unaccompanied and walking towards the border near the Rio Grande river, said Mexico's National Migration Institute, according to Reuters. The boy, from Honduras, was rescued by members of the National Migration Institute and the US National Guard, Reuters reported. He was found near a group of mothers and children also from Honduras, but none of them claimed responsibility for him…
• No room for excuses as detention centers fill up with tens of thousands of migrant children Unaccompanied migrants, ages 3 through 9, watch TV inside a playpen at a Homeland Security holding facility in Donna, Texas, on March 30, 2021. | GettyA refugee center, no matter how humanely operated, is a woefully inferior alternative to placing children with stable foster families or relatives, the federal government’s stated goal. In February, the new Biden administration came under fire for opening the first of several emergency detention center to house unaccompanied migrant children coming across our nation’s southern…
• EXPLAINER: Questions remain about conditions of migrant kids The Biden administration's decision this week to allow journalists to see Customs and Border Protection's main holding center for unaccompanied migrant children answered some questions about the conditions they are being held in but raised others. Here are some of the takeaways from Tuesday's visit to the facility in Donna, Texas, by The Associated Press and CBS. HOW ARE CONDITIONS? It would be impossible to compare the conditions of children migrants being held now with previous years without unfettered access…
• Migrant families freed without court notice or any paperwork Overwhelmed and underprepared, U.S. authorities are releasing migrant families on the Mexican border without notices to appear in immigration court or sometimes without any paperwork at all — a time-saving move that has left migrants confused. The rapid releases ease pressure on the Border Patrol and its badly overcrowded holding facilities but shifts work to Immigration and Customs and Enforcement, the agency that enforces immigration laws within the United States. Families are released with booking records — when they get…
• In search of transparency at the border On Tuesday, reporters finally were allowed access inside the main border detention facility at Donna, Texas, where thousands of migrants — mostly unaccompanied minors — are being held by the Department of Homeland Security. The facility at Donna has a capacity of 250 people under COVID-19 safety restrictions. Journalists reported that there are currently 4,100 people crammed inside. By law, DHS is required to transfer children to Health and Human Services shelters in less than 72 hours, but with more…
• Poll: Border woes dent Biden approval on immigration By WILL WEISSERT and HANNAH FINGERHUT | The Associated Press WASHINGTON >> More Americans disapprove than approve of how President Joe Biden is handling the sharply increasing number of unaccompanied migrant children arriving at the U.S.-Mexico border, and approval of his efforts on larger immigration policy falls short of other top issues — suggesting it could be a weak point for the new administration. A new poll by The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research also shows that solving…
• Boy, 2, wandered away from new home, fell into drain and ‘drowned’ Kamdyn Torres, left, died after wandering away from his family’s new home and into a storm drain, right (Picture: GoFundMe/Local21News)A two year-old boy is believed to have drowned after wandering away from his new home and falling into a storm drain. Kamdyn Torres vanished from his family’s home in York County, Pennsylvania, on Sunday evening shortly after they moved into the property. He was reported missing 15 minutes later, sparking a frantic search. Tragically, the the toddler’s body was found…
• Blind boy, 6, who’s spent a year apart from sister ‘reaches for hugs on Zoom’ Sara Meredith and husband Alan have not slept properly for 12 months as they care round the clock for adopted son Daniel (Picture: Sara Meredith)A six-year-old boy who is blind with an array of complex needs reaches out and cries whenever he hears his sister’s voice on Zoom. Sara Meredith says her adopted son Daniel does not understand the pandemic and feels abandoned by family and friends who he can no longer touch and cuddle. Sara, 44, from Walsall, says…
• Britney Spears’ reaction slamming conservatorship documentary ‘wasn’t written by social media manager’ Britney Spears’ comments about Framing Britney Spears were written by her (Picture: AP)Britney Spears’s reaction to the Framing Britney Spears documentary was written by her and had nothing to do with her social media manager, according to reports. The singer broke her silence on the film earlier this week, saying that it left her ’embarrassed’ and that she ‘cried for two weeks’, however, some skeptical fans doubted that she’d crafted the message herself. A source close to the star has…
• Pence launches new group as Trump aides line up new roles Former Vice President Mike Pence launched a new advocacy group on Wednesday as he and other Trump officials look to boost their post-White House plans. Pence's Advancing American Freedom, which could serve as a springboard for his own presidential campaign, will aim to promote the Trump administration’s achievements and work as a counterpoint to the Biden agenda. The new group is one of several launched in recent weeks by former aides of President Donald Trump. Shunned by corporate big money…