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IN-DEPTH: What Happens to Unaccompanied Minors Who Illegally Enter the US

IN-DEPTH: What Happens to Unaccompanied Minors Who Illegally Enter the US
Unaccompanied minors wait for their turn at the secondary processing station inside a holding facility in Donna, Texas, on March 30, 2021. Dario Lopez-Mills/Pool/AP Photo
Beth Brelje
Beth Brelje
Reporter
5/11/2023|Updated: 5/18/2023
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With thousands of people entering the United States illegally, every town is a potential border town faced with absorbing large influxes of illegal immigrants who will need food, shelter, clothing, and money. Some are bused to large cities far from the border, and some have been flown—often in the middle of the night—to myriad destinations.

Many are unaccompanied minors, and although the government has 296 Influx Care Facilities (ICFs) located in 27 states to house such minors, it doesn’t make clear precisely where the minors are sent.

Beth Brelje
Beth Brelje
Reporter
Beth Brelje is a former reporter with The Epoch Times. Ms. Brelje previously worked in radio for 20 years and after moving to print, worked at Pocono Record and Reading Eagle.
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