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.