Two Migrant Toddlers Found at Texas Border
by RANDY CLARK 3 Feb 2022
DEL RIO, Texas — Border Patrol agents in Eagle Pass located two unaccompanied migrant toddlers among a group of unrelated migrants arrested near the banks of the Rio Grande Wednesday. The one and four-year-old are two of the more than 300 encountered by Border Patrol that day.
Border Patrol will now work to identify the toddlers and transfer custody to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). Ultimately, the toddlers will be released to relatives or sponsors. Although the number of unaccompanied migrant children in custody is dropping off from a record high in 2021, HHS is still holding more than 9,000 awaiting domestic sponsors.
The number of encounters of unaccompanied migrant children on the border is staggering. Nearly 5,000 unaccompanied migrant children were released to sponsors in January 2022, according to HHS. Last fiscal year, HHS released 119,228. This number does not include migrant children who are citizens of Mexico who are returned to their home country.
https://www.alipac.us/f12/two-migrant-toddlers-found-texas-border-392979/
