This Article is From Aug 08, 2014

Flow of Child Immigrants Slows Along Texas Border

Flow of Child Immigrants Slows Along Texas Border

FILE - This June 23, 2014 file photo shows a temporary shelter for unaccompanied minors who have entered the country illegally at Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio.

McAllen: The number of unaccompanied immigrant children crossing the Texas-Mexico border has slowed considerably in recent weeks, allowing the federal government to close the temporary shelters that it hurriedly opened to handle the surge.

The Border Patrol says arrests in South Texas have fallen to about 100 per day, down from 300 or more in June. The decline could be the result of summer temperatures or a messaging campaign in both the US and the migrants' home countries. No one knows for sure.

Authorities are careful not to say that the crisis has passed. When temperatures subside, children could be back in greater numbers.

The White House has shied away from taking credit for the decrease, which gives the administration more time to deal with immigrants who have already arrived.
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