the majority of all uac's are boys. 72% are between the age of 15 and 18. is that accurate? director marcos: what was the last percentage? >> 72%. director marcos: that sounds correct. >> when we make about it would typically focus on babies, toddlers and pre-teenagers. but the reality is the vast majority are in that critical age of 15-18. i am going to ask consent to enter the following to the record. the new york times piece, my letter to orr director marcos. my letter to hhs. chairman grothman: without objection, so ordered. >> i think you are telling us you do not agree -- disagree with the 85,000 number of children we have lost contact with. i am not saying you lost them, but we have lost contact. is that fair to say? director marcos: we attempt to make a -- >> i understand that. let's get to the point. when you made the call, you did not get a response, the letter says you usually make free calls, you got no response for 85,000 kids. is that right? director marcos: in 81% of the kids, we are -- >> did not have contact with more than 85,000 kids. is that fair to say? y

. >> under the biden policies the annual number of uac's referred to custody after crossing has tripled from average 40,000 a year to more than 120,000 in each of the last two years. half of the 600,000 unaccompanied minors released in the country since twelve have arrived on biden's watch. not only did he relax border control and suppress immigration enforcement inside the country when the numbers present diblgtably exploded his officials responded by gutting what fewprotections forward child migrants stills o. his policy incentivizes kids to show up alone but once here the feds ship them to adults who they might not know, who force the terrify children to work until they pay off their debt. biden knows. this it's been well documented. but he just shrugs it off. >> what is most infuriating is that even with all the well documented risks and problems associated with federal government taking custody of minors and adults claiming to be minors who are smuggled in and releasing them to unvetted sponsors and washing its hands of responsibility for them even knowing the risk still the biden

the number of unaccompanied alien children uacs, when you look at the numbers, you go back in -- so far year, we're on track to break the record last year, which was 152,000, 146,000 the year before. and, in comparison, in 2020, it was only about 33,000. so what is going on? well, all these kids are coming across the border, and, unfortunately, the -- our federal government is doing such a bad job they have lost track of 85,000 kids. a lot of these kids are being exploited. a lot of them are winding up in child labor situations. it is a terrible situation. and the administration apparently knew about it and turned the other cheek. >> ainsley: we are hearing so many stories about this. last week i read an article in the "new york times" about this. they interviewed a lady named linda brant miller. she worked at one of the shelters in san antonio. the arena there was converted into a shelter. she said her job was to help the sponsors. she wanted to help the kids and find really nice homes for these children to move into. >> steve: that sounds great. >> ainsley: a guy sponsoring three boys

and uac split family plans for the plan year 2024 and apply proportionately between active employees and early retirees. >> you've heard the presentation, are there questions? >> comment, the prescription -- ~>> can you speak. >> the prescription drug, always just amazes me the high cost. and i wonder, aren't there more classes or something that we can do to educate people, you know, to try to stay away from drugs when they don't have to take them sometimes? >> i think that you said the largest increase was in the specialty drug area. >> that's correct. >> and that would apply to more advanced diseased than the normaltive drug. >> would i like to sort of, ask the amount for specialty drugs in the media is overwhelming. i find it mind blowing and i'm always trying to figure out reading all the little notes at the bottom of the screen, would you in the mindings for this, do you think that all of that advertising is what is impacting the specialty drugs and the increase in the request for those? and maybe as a result prescriptions. >> i think the brand brings awareness to the individual

the uac crisis under obama, it was 65,000 in a year and we are at 350,000 in two years. past -- tbpra passed almost 2 years ago. it ruled that children who show up at the border unaccompanied cannot be deported because they might be trafficking victims. the government is not allowed bylaws passed by congress to turn children away. cartels have understood that they can traffic or smuggle this child. smuggling is when i am paying you to get me to this location. trafficking is against one's will. under the title 42 policy the trump administration has said, we will expel children even though the tbpr says we can't. we are in a pandemic. children who cross will be get sent to their home country. president biden said we are not expelling children anymore. that is when we saw these massive increases of children coming across the border every month. host: let's try ishmael in indianapolis, indiana again. democrat. caller: thank you for taking my call. just a quick comment. my comment is our country is divided. as long as our country is divided, this problem on the southern borde

the uac crisis under obama, it was 65,000 in a year and we are at 350,000 in two years.ast -- tbpra passed almost 2 years ago. it ruled that children who show up at the border unaccompanied cannot be deported because they might be trafficking victims. the government is not allowed bylaws passed by congress to turn children away. cartels have understood that they can traffic or smuggle this child. smuggling is when i am paying you to get me to this location. trafficking is against one's will. under the title 42 policy the trump administration has said, we will expel children even though the tbpr says we can't. we are in a pandemic. children who cross will be get sent to their home country. president biden said we are not expelling children anymore. that is when we saw these massive increases of children coming across the border every month. host: let's try ishmael in indianapolis, indiana again. democrat. caller: thank you for taking my call. just a quick comment. my comment is our country is divided. as long as our country is divided, this problem on the southern border