GOVERNMENT WASTE: U.S. Taxpayers Pay to Reunite Illegal Immigrant Families Amid Border Surge; Analysis: Biden Administration Spending At Least $60M a Week on Migrant Children, and Costs Expected to Rise Significantly, and related stories

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U.S. taxpayers pay to reunite illegal immigrant families amid border surge:

Taxpayers are footing the bill for illegal immigrant parents to collect their children from federal shelters, as the Biden administration tries to speed up the process of getting a record surge of juvenile migrants out of its custody.

Nearly 19,000 unaccompanied children were nabbed jumping the border in March, the Department of Homeland Security revealed Thursday, doubling the number from February and shattering the previous record of about 11,500, set in May 2019.

And while it wasn’t a record, the surge in families attempting to jump the border was also stunning, rising by more than 175% in just one month and suggesting that the unaccompanied children, while drawing the most attention, are not the biggest long-term challenge.

Combined, the families and unaccompanied children accounted for about 72,500 of the 172,331 illegal border encounters Customs and Border Protection recorded in March. ===>READ MORE HERE

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Biden administration spending at least $60M a week on migrant children, and costs expected to rise significantly: analysis:

At least 18,890 unaccompanied children were encountered by U.S. border authorities in March

The Biden administration is spending at least $60 million a week to accommodate the more than 16,000 migrant minors in federal facilities operated by the Department of Health and Human Services, according to new analysis from the Washington Post, which warns that "those costs are expected to rise significantly over the coming months."

The U.S. Customs and Border Protection revealed on Thursday that over 172,000 people attempted to enter the United States on the Southwest border in March, a 71% increase over February's numbers. There were over 53,000 family unit aliens, according to CBP data. There were 18,890 unaccompanied children who were encountered by U.S. border authorities in March; shattering the previous highs of 11,475 in May 2019 and 10,620 in June 2014. --->READ MORE HERE

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