Since he became mayor of Los Angeles in 2013, Mayor Garcetti has harnessed the city's sense of optimism and innovation.

Migrant children are undertaking the arduous, dangerous journey because conditions at home are so dire.

Our agencies hear incredible stories of struggles from the migrants we serve.

I toured the Donna Processing Facility where many of the children are held until they are transferred to HHS care.

With additional resources and immigration reform efforts, we can prevent the need for emergency intake sites period.

Solutions to the current situation at the border should not have 'reducing numbers' as their primary goal.

Now is not the time to score political points; we must work together to improve our asylum system and border policies--and do so respecting the humanity and unique needs of child migrants.

The increased number of child migrants is certainly a challenge, but the U.S. Government must provide these children with protections guaranteed to them under law.

We should be looking at rescinding Title 42 and fully restoring access to asylum at our borders.

This is unconscionable and we cannot go back.

I am encouraged that President Biden committed to reinstitute humane border policies.

While CBP processing facilities are no place for children, the facility conditions have improved tremendously compared to what I saw under the previous administration.

I am pleased to be joined today by the Mayor of Long Beach to discuss that effort.

The number of kids in Border Patrol custody has fallen dramatically in recent weeks, and the average time for children in custody is now well under the 72-hour threshold mandated by the Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act…

The challenge posed by children arriving at our border is not new.

I have heard a number of my colleagues urge the current administration to reimpose policies incredibly harmful to children--particularly unaccompanied children--like expelling kids under Title 42.

Dear Chairwoman Barragan and Ranking Member Higgins: I write on behalf of Catholic Charities USA (CCUSA)...

We must also expand resources for asylum seekers, so that unaccompanied children arriving at the border have access to counsel, interpretation, and other critical services.