5,700 migrant children at Pomona shelter have been reunited with family and sponsors

The fig of migrant children moving from an exigency structure astatine Fairplex successful Pomona into homes with relatives oregon sponsors topped 5,700 successful aboriginal September, officials said.

A full of 5,789 children who crossed the U.S.-Mexico borderline unsocial person been reunified with families oregon different sponsors arsenic of Thursday, Sep. 9, according to Cristina Kapustij, a tract spokesperson for U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

The fig is much than treble the fig officials reported on July 23, erstwhile 2,461 minors had transitioned retired of the impermanent shelter.

Meanwhile, the fig of minors who remained astatine the structure Thursday was 1,075. The Pomona site, which opened May 1, has seen its highest azygous time census number emergence arsenic precocious arsenic 2,158, Kapustij said via email. The Pomona determination tin accommodate up to 2,500 children.

In total, the fig of children served astatine the Pomona tract arsenic of Thursday was 6,925.

There are astir 14,288 children presently successful HHS attraction arsenic of Tuesday, according to officials.

HHS officials person said the extremity is to spot unaccompanied minors detained astatine the confederate U.S. borderline successful unchangeable homes arsenic soon arsenic imaginable pursuing their accomplishment astatine exigency shelters. Migrant children are housed astatine the shelters until they tin beryllium placed with sponsors oregon reunited with relatives successful the U.S. A bulk of the children travel with names and interaction accusation successful their pockets and thin to beryllium reunified successful 10 to 14 days, HHS officials person said.

In July alone, U.S borderline agents encountered 212,000 migrants, a 21-year high, according to U.S. Customs and Border Protection. Encounters of unaccompanied children saw a 24% increase, with 18,962 encounters successful July compared with 15,234 successful June.