▁Government al ▁Affairs . ▁The ▁testim ony ▁of ▁Stat ement ▁of ▁Craig ▁F ug ate ▁Administr ator , ▁Federal ▁Emer gency ▁Management ▁Agency ▁U . S . ▁Department ▁of ▁Hom eland ▁Security ▁was ▁that ▁" We ▁are ▁talking ▁about ▁large ▁numbers ▁of ▁children , ▁without ▁their ▁parents , ▁who ▁have ▁arrived ▁at ▁our ▁border — h un gry , ▁th irst y , ▁exha usted , ▁sc ared ▁and ▁vulner able ." ▁Senator ▁D ian ne ▁Fe in stein ▁compared ▁the ▁crisis ▁to ▁the ▁American ▁ref us al ▁to ▁accept ▁Jewish ▁refuge es ▁from ▁Naz i ▁Germany ▁ab o ard ▁the ▁MS ▁St . ▁Louis . ▁The ▁President ' s ▁request ▁for ▁additional ▁funds ▁was ▁met ▁in ▁both ▁houses ▁of ▁Congress ▁by ▁propos als ▁to ▁modify ▁or ▁eliminate ▁the ▁rights ▁granted ▁by ▁the ▁ 2 0 0 8 ▁re author ization ▁of ▁the ▁Vict ims ▁of ▁Tra ff ick ing ▁and ▁Vi ol ence ▁Prote ction ▁Act ▁of ▁ 2 0 0 0 ▁ ▁A ▁ 2 0 1 4 ▁Mother ▁Jones ▁article ▁suggests ▁many ▁of ▁these ▁un ac comp an ied ▁children ▁are ▁attempting ▁to ▁escape ▁ab us ive ▁situations . ▁Analysis ▁of ▁Border ▁Pat rol ▁statistics ▁shows ▁a ▁correlation ▁between ▁gang - related ▁killing ▁of ▁children ▁in ▁Central ▁America , ▁particularly ▁San ▁Pedro ▁S ula ▁in ▁H ond uras , ▁and ▁the ▁sur ge ▁in ▁migration . ▁ ▁The ▁bill ▁would ▁provide ▁$ 2 . 7 ▁billion ▁in ▁supp lement al ▁fund ing , ▁about ▁$ 1 ▁billion ▁less ▁than ▁the