Biden Risks Border Crisis as Migrant Kids Fill Up Shelters
- Republicans and some Democrats say Biden policies caused surge
- Unaccompanied minor arrivals threaten to overwhelm shelters
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President Joe Biden is struggling to head off a potential humanitarian and political crisis on the U.S. southern border, where a spike in migrant crossings -- particularly by unaccompanied children -- threatens to overwhelm government shelters.
White House officials briefed Biden earlier this week on the surge, and the administration has held multiple briefings with House and Senate lawmakers on the situation, according to congressional aides. Homeland Security officials are giving weekly updates to several Capitol Hill offices.