US Spending Tens of Millions Per Week on Unaccompanied Minors

A group of illegal immigrants is processed by Border Patrol after crossing the U.S.-Mexico border in La Joya, Texas, on April 10, 2021. Charlotte Cuthbertson/The Epoch Times

President Joe Biden’s administration is spending roughly $60 million a week to shelter illegal immigrant children who cross into the United States from Mexico.

Known as unaccompanied children, caring for the minors has driven the price tag for immigration-related expenses up sharply as U.S. officials grapple with the surge that some experts and Republicans say stems from Biden’s reversal of key Trump-era policies.