China News Service, March 16 According to a report by the US Chinese website, US government records show that as of the morning of the 14th local time, more than 4,200 unaccompanied minors were detained in the Border Patrol’s short-term detention facility.
Data map: On April 6, 2019 local time, in Palm View, Texas, U.S. Border Patrol agents were searching for illegal immigrants.
According to reports, the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) is legally obliged to transfer minors in detention facilities to the Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) under the Ministry of Health within 72 hours, which is responsible for overseeing the asylum of minors. So.
However, nearly 3,000 minors have been detained by CBP for longer than the legal limit.
The report said that compared with earlier last week, the number of unaccompanied minors detained in CBP facilities on the 14th has increased by 31%, while the number of minors detained for more than 3 days has doubled many.
According to CBS statistics on government records, in the past week, an average of 565 unaccompanied minors were arrested by CBP every day.
Records show that they spend an average of 117 hours in border detention facilities. Homeland Security Secretary Majorcas once said: "This is not a place for children."
These statistics highlight the humanitarian crisis at the US-Mexico border: the number of unaccompanied minors continues to increase, and the government lacks adequate facilities to accommodate them.
In February, nearly 9,500 unaccompanied minors were detained by CBP, and more than 7,000 of them were transferred to ORR-supervised facilities.
The number of unaccompanied minors crossing the border continued to increase in March.
According to government data, CBP facilities in Grand Valley and El Paso in Texas, and Yuma and Tucson in Arizona are already operating at overload.
The Grand Valley facility is currently operating at 363% capacity, detaining more than 2,500 unaccompanied minors.