The federal government works to put the children with relatives or other sponsors — that's how many wind up far from the border in New York, which has the second - highest number
of unaccompanied immigrant children after Texas — or places them into temporary shelters.
A year after hundreds of
unaccompanied immigrant children crossed the United States» southern border, creating docket surges at immigration courts and the need for shelter, City Council Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito says all of the minors who ended up in New York City now have legal representation.
House Republican leadership was forced to cancel a vote on an emergency funding bill that would allocate $ 659 million to bolster cash - strapped agencies dealing with the flood of
unaccompanied immigrant children coming across the southern border.
Filling the gap for unaccompanied children caught in judicial limbo LAUSD and districts like it have been singularly burdened with addressing the extensive needs of
unaccompanied immigrant children.