Ironic facts...
Migrant children who cross into the United States either alone or with adults have a higher standard of living once they are put into federal care than the more than 13 million American children who are living in poverty across the country.
Each unaccompanied minor costs the federal government about $34,660 annually. This is a higher standard of living per child than the roughly 13 million American children who continue to live below the U.S. poverty line.
In 2016, there were about 13.2 million American children under the age of 18 living in poverty. These are U.S. children, for example, whose parents or guardians in a household of four earn less than $24,500 a year.
This annual income for an impoverished American family is $10,000 less than the more than $34,500 in federal funds which are spent on each unaccompanied minor border crosser.
Overall, about $1.4 billion is spent on unaccompanied minor border crossers every year, which American taxpayers foot the bill for...the comfortable living conditions that unaccompanied minor border crossers are placed into by the Department of Health and Human Services.
Those comfortable living conditions include lodging, meals, clothing, medical care, education, recreation, counseling, among other services.
