Pelosi says there's a 'humanitarian challenge' at the border and blames Trump for 'broken system'
by Mica Soellner, Breaking News Reporter |
| March 14, 2021 10:43 AM House Speaker Nancy Pelosi called the number of migrant children and teenagers currently held in custody at the southern border a "humanitarian challenge," blaming the Trump administration's handling of immigration for the uptick.
"This is a humanitarian challenge to all of us," Pelosi told ABC News's George Stephanopoulos on Sunday. "What the administration has inherited is a broken system at the border, and they are working to correct that in the childrens' interest."
As of last week, more than 3,400 children were in custody in warehouselike detention facilities, according to the Department of Homeland Security.
Due to more hospitable shelters already being at 94% capacity, many detained minors have been staying an average of 107 hours in the facilities, longer than the legally allotted time of 72 hours, according to NPR.
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