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FEMA Steps In To Handle Southern Border Crisis

Biden is sending the Federal Emergency Management Agency to help with the surge of unaccompanied minor children at the U.S.-Mexico border.

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The Biden administration is sending the Federal Emergency Management Agency to help with the surge of unaccompanied minor children at the U.S.-Mexico border for the next 90 days. On Saturday evening, the Department of Homeland Security said it is relocating children from U.S. Customs and Border Protection custody to “place them with a family member or sponsor until their immigration status is adjudicated.” More migrants have been arriving at the border as the Biden administration slowly unwinds some Trump-era immigration policies. Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas said addressing the surge of unaccompanied children has been difficult because of the current public health crisis. NPR

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