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2-year-old migrant girl picked up at the border tells cops she’s come to US alone to find her parents
A 2-year-old migrant girl was found at the US border Sunday clutching a piece of paper with just a first name and phone number on it — becoming the heart-rending symbol of the Biden administration’s abject failure to protect the most vulnerable of asylum-seekers.
The child from El Salvador, clad in a bright pink jacket, was among a group of more than 200 illegal migrants — including 60 unaccompanied minors — detained after crossing the border into Maverick County, Texas, authorities said.
Footage of the little girl outraged pols in sanctuary city New York and beyond who ripped President Biden and “border czar” Vice President Kamala Harris over the nation’s immigration debacle.
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The child from El Salvador was among a group of more than 200 illegal migrants — including 60 unaccompanied minors.LtChrisOlivarez/X
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The group of migrants were detained after crossing the border into Maverick County, Texas, on Sunday.LtChrisOlivarez/X
“It is unspeakable that an innocent 2-year-old girl was abandoned by her parents and exposed to vicious threats from criminal human traffickers who care nothing about human life,” said Tennessee Sen. Marsha Blackburn – long a fierce critic of Biden and Harris on immigration – to The Post.
“By refusing to enforce the law, the Biden-Harris administration continues to put vulnerable children at risk, including hundreds of thousands of migrant kids they lost track of since taking office,” she said.
New York City Councilman Robert Holden (D-Queens) told The Post he was infuriated when he watched the video of the little girl.
“It’s heartbreaking. I have a 2-year old grandson and 5-year-old granddaughter. It makes my blood boil. We can only imagine how much this poor kid suffered,” said the pol from the Big Apple — which has been grappling with the migrant crisis for the past several years.
“No civilized person in his right mind could imagine this. The solution is to secure the border – the children are the innocent victims here,” Holden said.
The Texas Department of Public Safety released video of its interview with the tot, who said she was traveling alone as she answered a slew of questions.
Asked where her parents were, she responded: “United States.”
The harrowing footage comes as well over 529,000 migrant kids have entered the US under the Biden administration, according to the latest Customs and Border Protection data.
A shocking report released in August revealed that the administration has lost track of more than 320,000 of the migrant children who have crossed the border without parents....
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This saddens and angers me. Biden's policies are attracting this kind of thing. Children are also being trafficked for labor and sex. We don't know where over 300,00 kids are. Why isn't AOC crying at the border for them?