"The Department of Homeland Security declared a crisis this week and
moved to set up an emergency shelter for the youths at an Air Force base
in San Antonio, officials said Friday.
Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson on Monday declared “a level-four
condition of readiness” in the Rio Grande Valley. The alert was an
official recognition that federal agencies overseeing borders,
immigration enforcement and child welfare had been outstripped by a
sudden increase in unaccompanied minors in recent weeks.
The children are coming primarily from El Salvador, Guatemala and
Honduras, making the perilous journey north through Mexico to Texas
without parents or close adult relatives. Last weekend alone, more than
1,000 unaccompanied youths were being held at overflowing border
stations in South Texas"
[New York Times]
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