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    DHS Directs FEMA To Help With Surge Of Migrant Children At Southern Border

    The deployment highlights an escalation in the Biden administration's response to the increasing number of unaccompanied migrant children arriving at the U.S. border.
    by Barbara Sprunt Mar 14, 2021 2 minutes
    U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas, seen here on March 2 at a FEMA community vaccination center in Philadelphia, announced Saturday the agency will assist with the influx of migrant children at the U.S. southern border.

    The Biden administration is mobilizing the Federal Emergency Management Agency, which is known for responding to natural disasters and other crises, to support an effort over the next 90 days to process the growing number of unaccompanied migrant children arriving at the U.S. southern border.

    The Department of Homeland Security said in Saturday evening that the federal government is working to

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