There's a lot of misinformation around what's happening at the border. Here are the facts.

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By Priscilla Alvarez, CNN

Updated 9:21 AM ET, Sat March 6, 2021

(CNN) - The Biden administration is facing an increasing number of unaccompanied migrant children crossing into the United States, placing added strain on a system operating under limited capacity due to the coronavirus pandemic.

US Customs and Border Protection has attributed the increase in arrests in part to instability in home countries, exacerbated by the coronavirus pandemic and perceptions of instant shifts in US immigration policies.

The pandemic has taken a dramatic toll on Latin America, where Covid-19 cases and deaths have soared and economies once projected to grow have been decimated. The region was also hit with two devastating hurricanes. The decline in economic growth in 2020, according to the Congressional Research Service, is expected to worsen income inequality and poverty in the region.

Administration officials have urged migrants not to come to the US, arguing that changes to the US immigration system will take time to make. "They need to wait. It takes time to rebuild the system from scratch," Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas said Monday.

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