Unaccompanied children at the border up 78% this year.

[MarathonMike]

Hey now that seems like something we should be paying attention to! What the hell do you do with Mexican kids that show up on the doorstep? Answer: Make them wards of the state and pay for every single thing they need since they have no means to take care of themselves. Credit Obama for the "Dreamer Act" that created the carrot to dangle in front of desperate parents. Send your kids up here, we'll take care of them.

You would think we would hear something about this, but it's tough to find time because the media needs to get through the days attack points on Trump.

Unaccompanied children crossing southern border up 78% in 2016

 

[PurpleOwl]

getting tough on starving children?

 

[waltky]

Immigrants and prisoners seem to get the best free healthcare money can buy...

Feds: Number of Unaccompanied Alien Children Resettled in U.S. Up 87 Percent – from 27,840 to 52,147
November 4, 2016 – Statistics from the Department of Health and Human Service’s (HHS) Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) show that the number of unaccompanied alien children resettled across the United States is up 87 percent, from 27,840 in fiscal year 2015 to 52,147 in fiscal year 2016.

The statistics were current as of Oct. 12, 2016, according to ORR. Fiscal year 2015 is from Oct. 1, 2014 to Sept. 30, 2015. Fiscal year 2016 is from Oct. 1, 2015 to Sept. 30, 2016. “When a child who is not accompanied by a parent or legal guardian is apprehended by immigration authorities, the child is transferred to the care and custody of the Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR),” according to the website. “Federal law requires that ORR feed, shelter, and provide medical care for unaccompanied children until it is able to release them to safe settings with sponsors (usually family members), while they await immigration proceedings. These sponsors live in many states.”

Illegal alien children from Guatemala crowd a Laredo, TX holding facility in June. Many children were relocated across the U.S without proper health screenings, according to border agents.​

Statistics provided also show the number of unaccompanied alien children – referred to as “unaccompanied children” on the ORR website – according to the states where they were resettled. The five states with the most resettled unaccompanied alien children are: California (7,381), Texas (6,550), Florida (5,281), New York (4,985) and Maryland (3,871).

Montana was the only state that does not have any unaccompanied alien children resettled there in fiscal year 2016. “HHS has strong policies in place to ensure the privacy and safety of unaccompanied children by maintaining the confidentiality of their personal information,” the website stated. “These children may have histories of abuse or may be seeking safety from threats of violence. “They may have been trafficked or smuggled,” it added. “HHS cannot release information about individual children that could compromise the child’s location or identity.”

Feds: Number of Unaccompanied Alien Children Resettled in U.S. Up 87 Percent – from 27,840 to 52,147

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Feds to Spend $10 Million ‘Determining and Monitoring Health Conditions’ of ‘US-Bound Refugees’
November 4, 2016 – The Department of Health and Human Services is planning to spend up to $10 million researching infectious diseases among U.S.-bound refugees.

According to a grant solicitation posted on Oct. 26, “the emphasis will be on emerging and re-emerging infectious diseases, neglected tropical diseases, tuberculosis, influenza, HIV/AIDS, zoonotic diseases, vector-borne and parasitic diseases, vaccine-preventable diseases, and other conditions of public health importance including chronic diseases, mental health, environmental health, maternal and child health, public health preparedness, biosafety, and injury control and prevention.”

The total funding for the entire project period, which is anticipated to run from Sept. 30, 2017 to Sept. 29, 2022, is $10 million. The estimated total funding for the first year is $2 million. “The U.S. Government and its partners resettle thousands of refugees in the United States annually, many of whom have not had access to proven preventive health measure. This leads to health disparities and excess burden on the communities in which refugees make their new homes,” the grant announcement stated. “Refugees are extremely vulnerable populations, often excluded from preventive and curative health care in their home countries and countries of temporary asylum,” it stated. “The U.S. resettles approximately 50,000-70,000 refugees, and more than a half million immigrants, annually.”

According to the announcement, refugees’ health care needs include: “low baseline vaccination rates and high rates of other infectious diseases, including tuberculosis, malaria, influenza, and intestinal parasites.” “Overseas, U.S.-bound refugees (including parolees, asylees, and others) and immigrants receive a limited health assessment that focuses on identifying inadmissible conditions, communicable diseases of public health significance as defined in HHS regulations, and HIV, which is included by statute. However, the overseas health assessment fails to address many important public health problems, notably vaccine-preventable diseases, malaria, and intestinal parasites,” it stated.

Feds to Spend $10 Million ‘Determining and Monitoring Health Conditions’ of ‘US-Bound Refugees’

 

[Nia88]

Are we really going to start complaining about kids at the border now? Most of them are probably starving and suffering. South American children live in unimaginable conditions. Many of them literally live in trash dumps. They are sick all the time and do not eat properly.

 

[EvilCat Breath]

The gangs are happy to get them.

 

[EvilCat Breath]

Are we really going to start complaining about kids at the border now? Most of them are probably starving and suffering. South American children live in unimaginable conditions. Many of them literally live in trash dumps. They are sick all the time and do not eat properly.

What is it about the conditions in their homes that imposes an obligation on us to do anything?