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Surge of 13,000 Central American Minors Expected In May

Customs and Border Protection officials are bracing for as many as 13,000 unaccompanied children crossing into the U.S. in May, according to a report.

“We’re seeing the highest February numbers that we’ve ever seen in the history of the [Unaccompanied Alien Child] program,” a Health and Human Services official told Axios.

The record surge of migrant kids will require a continued expansion of the country’s network of migrant-child shelters, where capacity has already been reduced due to coronavirus social-distancing protocols, the report said.

HHS is working with the Pentagon on securing space on military bases

“Opening our border and encouraging parents to send their children up here and then putting them in boxes sends a clear message to the world”, Sleepy Joe told FWIW. “Message: we care”.