LINCOLN- Gov. Pete Ricketts on Tuesday declined a request from the Biden Administration asking Nebraska to house displaced migrant children who have crossed the border into the United States. Ricketts says he declined so that resources are used for serving 'our' kids.

"The Biden administration should focus on working with Central American governments to reunite the children with their families in their home countries instead of pursuing the risky strategy of scattering them across the United States," Ricketts said.

The governor went on to say that President Biden has created an immigration crisis. During the Trump presidency, Ricketts had urged President Trump to keep children and families together during the discussion of separating children from their families after crossing the border. Nearly 35,000 unaccompanied children need to find care by June according to the New York Times. 20,000 of those children are teenagers in federal custody.

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