The federal government released 7,173 more illegal immigrant juveniles into the United States from July 7 to July 31st, according to updated data from the Office of Refugee Resettlement.
During those three weeks, Alabama received 108 more illegal immigrants; California,, 759; Florida 628; Georgia, 258; Louisiana, 204; North Carolina, 373; New Jersey, 237; New York, 897; Texas, 1,000.
The federal government has now released 37,477 illegal immigrant juveniles detained at the U.S.-Mexico border this year. They had released 30,304 as of July 7.
Since October of last year, there have been at least 60,000 illegal immigrant juveniles who have been apprehended at the border, and federal officials expect nearly 150,000 more will be detained in the next fiscal year. According to Pew Research, nearly 90% of the illegal immigrant juveniles who have been detained in the last two years have been teenagers. The number of illegal immigrants who have been detained drastically spiked after President Barack Obama enacted his temporary amnesty program for illegal immigrants two years ago.
Here are the updated numbers, according to the Office of Refugee Resettlement.
Alabama 515
Alaska 5
Arizona 203
Arkansas 209
California 3,909
Colorado 263
Connecticut 394
Delaware 141
District of Columbia 238
Florida 3,809
Georgia 1,412
Hawaii 8
Idaho 13
Illinois 377
Indiana 309
Iowa 159
Kansas 207
Kentucky 284
Louisiana 1,275
Maine 12
Maryland 2,804
Massachusetts 989
Michigan 124
Minnesota 202
Mississippi 202
Missouri 146
Montana 1
Nebraska 232
Nevada 163
New Hampshire 24
New Jersey 1877
New Mexico 28
New York 4,244
North Carolina 1,429
North Dakota 4
Ohio 405
Oklahoma 241
Oregon 73
Pennsylvania 456
Puerto Rico 1
Rhode Island 148
South Carolina 434
South Dakota 27
Tennessee 909
Texas 5,280
Utah 85
Vermont 3
Virginia 2,856
Virgin Islands 4
Washington 265
West Virginia 12
Wisconsin 60
Wyoming 7
Total 37,477
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