A new report released by U.S. Customs and Border Protection indicates that 68,541 unaccompanied illegal immigrant children have been taken into custody so far in 2014.
The influx of unaccompanied children attempting to illegally cross the southern border of the U.S. in recent weeks has many citizens concerned about the Obama Administration’s open border agenda.
The Department of Health and Human Services announced its plans to close temporary shelters on three military bases to accommodate illegal immigrant children.
Pope Francis waded into the controversy of the unaccompanied minors arriving at the U.S.-Mexico border, pushing the U.S. to offer greater protection for young children entering the country illegally.
While the government decides what to do about the border crisis, thousands of children are being detained. Christian charities and churches have now stepped in to tend to the needs of those unaccompanied children.