Number of Unaccompanied Minors Crossing Into U.S. Tops 60,000

The number of unaccompanied minors crossing into U.S. has topped 60,000. 

According to the Daily Mail, federal facilities are overflowing and private shelters are receiving millions of dollars from tax payers to care for them. The facilities are full and now state-funded private facilities are receiving these children. 

House Republicans have passed two bills Friday to speed the processing and deportation of immigrants. The bill would provide emergency funding, faster deportation and rescind President Obama’s authority to decide the fate of these minors.

Although the bill is opposed by the White House and most Democrats, it is unlikely to become law. According to the White House, the flood of unaccompanied minors has recently begun to slow.

These children are mostly from Honduras, Guatemala and El Salvador and are escaping violence from their respective countries.