EL PASO (Texas, US), June 26 (NNN-AGENCIES) — More than 100 migrant children have been returned to a Texas border station just a day after being transferred, US border officials say.
About 250 migrant children were moved from the overcrowded centre after lawyers granted access by a judge said the children were “severely neglected”.
The top US border official meanwhile has said he is stepping down.
It comes as the number of migrants apprehended at the border surged in May to the highest level since 2006.
Customs and Border Protection (CBP) confirmed that its acting commissioner, John Sanders, would be leaving his role on July 5.
President Donald Trump plans to name Mark Morgan, acting director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), to replace Sanders, according to US media.
The New York Times reports the 100 children were transported back to the facility after it made changes to alleviate its overcrowding. They had been held there for weeks.
In a statement, the border authority acknowledged that the Clint facility was not suited to the task.
The agency said it had moved children to more suitable facilities as soon as space was available. — NNN-AGENCIES
