We have more than 100 shelters for migrant children who have crossed the border alone. These shelters are becoming overwhelmed. There were 2,400 such children in custody in May 2017; now there are 12,800, an increase of more than five times. It's not that more children are crossing the border; it's because there are far fewer being released to live with families and other sponsors. The number of children in a shelter last year occupied about 30% of the shelter last year; this year it's almost 90%.
The number of children crossing the border has not increased. The number of people coming forward as sponsors have decreased considerably. They don't want to be deported.
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