Officials are shifting $405M to handle the border crisis

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Officials are shifting $405M to handle the border crisis

Federal officials are moving around $405 million from other departments to address migrant children entering the U.S. from Central America.

Two young girls watch a World Cup soccer match on a television at the U.S. Customs and Border Protection Nogales Placement Center in Nogales, Ariz.

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Federal officials are moving around $405 million from other departments to address migrant children entering the U.S. from Central America.

But that's a far cry from the $3.7 billion that the White House asked Congress to free up.

This balancing act may be a sign that the White House is struggling to address the crisis. Lawmakers are already on summer recess and they haven't passed an emergency spending bill.

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