WASHINGTON, D.C. (CNN) – The Health and Human Services Department is asking for more funding to care for migrant children.
The Administration for Children and Families requested $3.3 billion in its fiscal year 2022 budget request.
That’s two billion dollars more for its unaccompanied children program than it requested for the last fiscal year.
The office is a part of the HHS and it’s tasked with caring for migrant children.
The request comes as a record number of unaccompanied children cross the southern border into the U.S.
Government data reports, as of May 26th, the HHS was caring for more than 17,000 children.
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