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FILE - In this May 11, 2021, file photo, three young migrants hold hands as they run in the rain at an intake area after turning themselves in upon crossing the U.S.-Mexico border in Roma, Texas. On Monday, June 21, 2021, more than a dozen immigrant

 

The number of migrant children housed at the Biden administration's largest emergency shelter for those who crossed the US-Mexico border alone has dropped by more than 40% since mid-June, a top US official said Monday, touting progress at the facility that has been. criticized by child welfare advocates.

 

Health and Human Services pgslot  Secretary Xavier Becerra told reporters that 790 boys were housed at Fort Bliss Army base in El Paso, Texas, and the last girl left Monday. All the girls were reunited either with relatives in the U.S. or a sponsor such as a family friend or sent to licensed facilities, which have a higher standard of care, according to the agency responsible for caring for migrant children.

 

In mid-June, the administration reported about 2,000 boys and girls were at the Fort Bliss facility amid child welfare advocates' concerns about inadequate conditions. A high of 4,800 children were housed there in May.

 

Becerra said his agency was evaluating whether it can close some of the emergency shelters that the government opened in the spring as record numbers of unaccompanied children crossed the border. He declined to say whether Fort Bliss would be among them.

 

“Because we've been successful in managing the flow, we are prepared to begin the demobilization of several of our emergency intake sites,” Becerra said.

 

He made his second visit to Fort Bliss since it opened in March and said more services and staffing have been added, including case managers who have helped get children released to relatives in the U.S. or placed in licensed facilities more quickly.

 

In transcripts of interviews done by attorneys and filed in federal court in Los Angeles last week, migrant children described their desperation to get out of Fort Bliss and the other large shelters set up by the Biden administration.



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