Biden administration has lost track of 45,000 unaccompanied minors who entered illegally

In June, there were 15,234 encounters with unaccompanied children, in July, 18,958 encounters, and in August, there were 18,847 encounters, according to Customs and Border Patrol data.

Shelters are often set up inside military bases, stadiums and convention centers, referred to as "Emergency intake sites." At its peak, HHS had 20,339 children in its care in April, with an average shelter occupancy rate of 76%. During the detention process, HHS works with nongovernmental organizations to go through a vetting process and transport the children to reported family members or sponsors already living in the U.S. Within months of Biden entering office, Border Patrol agents "Apprehended more unaccompanied children than at any point in its history," according to Border Patrol Council President Brandon Judd.

"The Biden administration wasn't prepared," Judd wrote in a Fox News op-ed, and agents were "Forced to hold a good number of these children long past what the law allowed. Instead of creating a long-term solution, the Biden administration merely cut back on the vetting process of the sponsors to whom children were being released." The decision to weaken the vetting process contributed, in part, to the Biden administration's loss of contact with 40% of the more than 114,000 unaccompanied children who entered the U.S. illegally, according to a report by Axios.

"We are encountering six- and seven-year-old children, for example, arriving at our border without an adult."In more than 80 percent of cases, the child has a family member in the United States.

Even before then, by April, reports of sexual abuse and violence against children were reported at two facilities in El Paso and San Antonio, Texas, prompting Gov. Greg Abbott to call on the Biden administration to close the facilities.

Abbott sent a letter to Biden demanding answers about the treatment of the children, and directed Texas state troopers and rangers to intervene where possible.

"The Biden administration is presiding over the abuse of children," he said.

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