Of the hundreds of thousands of unaccompanied alien children the Department of Health and Human Services transferred to sponsors between fiscal year 2019 and 2023, the majority were sent to 10 states, according to a new report.
More than 63,000 unaccompanied alien children were released to sponsors in Texas, according to a March Department of Homeland Security report, and more than 46,000 were sent to California. Sponsors in Florida came in third, receiving 43,811 children.
- Texas—63,039
- California—46,293
- Florida—43,811
- New York—33,582
- New Jersey—23,075
- Maryland—21,976
- Virginia—21,431
- Georgia—17,769
- North Carolina—17,032
- Tennessee—16,355
Following extensive reporting and multiple Congressional hearings on missing migrant children during the Biden administration, DHS…
