The Department of Health and Human Services Office of Refugee Resettlement has released figures on the release of unaccompanied minors to US sponsors.
According to the Office of Refugee Resettlement 30,340 illegal children were secretly released to sponsors across the United States in the first six months of this year. TheUSofARN reported:
The Department of Health and Human Services Office of Refugee Resettlement, responding to numerous media inquiries, congressional probing, and demands from Governors across the nation has released a listing of how many unaccompanied illegal immigrant minors have been released to sponsors for all 50 states and US territories.
From the start of this year through July 7th 30,340 illegal immigrant minors, most crossing into the US along the Rio Grande valley in Texas from Central America, have been handed over to the custody of a parent, relative, or family friend already in the US.
More than 3,000 of these unaccompanied minors were sent to Florida, New York, and California each.
Maryland and Virgina each have over 2,000.
Georgia, Louisiana, North Carolina, and New Jersey each have more than 1,000 unaccompanied minors in the care of sponsors in those states.
Texas which has taken the brunt of the influx of nearly 60,000 unaccompanied minors since October of last year is also the leader when it comes to how many minors have been released to a sponsor with more than 4,000.
Here is the list, provided by US of ARN:
State — Number of unaccompanied minors:
ALABAMA 407 ALASKA 5 ARIZONA 186 ARKANSAS 166 CALIFORNIA 3,150 COLORADO 221 CONNECTICUT 325 DELAWARE 117 DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 187 FLORIDA 3,181 GEORGIA 1,154 HAWAII 8 IDAHO 8 ILLINOIS 305 INDIANA 245 IOWA 122 KANSAS 179 KENTUCKY 237 LOUISIANA 1,071 MAINE 8 MARYLAND 2,205 MASSACHUSETTS 773 MICHIGAN 92 MINNESOTA 173 MISSISSIPPI 179 MISSOURI 121 MONTANA 1 NEBRASKA 192 NEVADA 122 NEW HAMPSHIRE 13 NEW JERSEY 1,504 NEW MEXICO 18 NEW YORK 3,347 NORTH CAROLINA 1,191 NORTH DAKOTA 4 OHIO 360 OKLAHOMA 212 OREGON 50 PENNSYLVANIA 386 RHODE ISLAND 119 SOUTH CAROLINA 350 SOUTH DAKOTA 21 TENNESSEE 760 TEXAS 4,280 UTAH 67 VERMONT 3 VIRGIN ISLANDS 4 VIRGINIA 2,234 WASHINGTON 211 WEST VIRGINIA 10 WISCONSIN 50 WYOMING 6 TOTAL 30,340
And, it is widely known that HHS is not notifying state agencies when dumping the children in their state.