The children who have crossed their borders with their families have been separated in order to be compliant with COVID rules.

There are an expected amount of 2,100 migrant children who had crossed the border alone without their relatives. The families had been turned back due to a rule that had been introduced by Donald Trump, and Joe Biden has maintained it.

The rule is labeled as Title 42, which states an emergency COVID-19 measure, allowing quick deportation that skips the lengthy process. Border Patrol agents came across 2,121 migrant children who were unaccompanied.

They will not be expelled unlike their relatives, who had to be separated from the children.

The number of migrant children who have crossed the border has increased by 65%, but due to Title 42, it has dropped over the past month by 82% since there has been alternative housing for the children.

Homeland Security Secretary comments on the situation, saying that “we have certainly, anecdotally, learned of the fact that some families self-separate so that their children can arrive at the border. That is something that we are looking very carefully at.”

The Biden Administration is currently under fire and criticism for not being able to handle the situation, housing children in “cages,” an assumption that was also attached to the Trump administration during the time the former president had been serving.

Child migrants are not being transferred to health officials in the Office of Refugee Resettlement. The process is working more quickly than it had been in the beginning.

There is at least 19,000 lone, migrant children who had entered the U.S. by themselves since March. More than 100,000 people had been stopped from trying to cross into the US last February. In March, there was about 170,000 people that had been stopped from crossing.

In April, there were around 122,000 people that had been encountered by US border authorities on the border, an indicator that the month would be just like March. Based on data obtained by CNN, the numbers would increase and the administration would have to take action in order for it to become settled down.

The full statistics of April are not released as of right now.