Abbott demands infoon children

The Biden administration is not permitting state and local authorities to have access to unaccompanied migrant children in federal facilities to track the COVID-19 spread and probe human-trafficking claims, according to Texas Gov. Greg Abbott.

Abbott, a Republican, told Fox News Wednesday night that his requests for access to critical data from the feds on the mushrooming migrant crisis were denied.

“The Biden administration is not being transparent with either the governor of Texas or the Texas Department of State Health Services,” Abbott said.

“We need to know what the health situation of these kids are. We need to know if they’ve been exposed to variants of COVID.”

In addition to health concerns, Abbott said that as the governor of a border state, he was also required to arrest and prosecute those there without legal status.

“Our law enforcement, the Texas Department of Public Safety — they need to do their job. Part of their job is making sure they track down and prosecute anybody involved in smuggling. Once the kids get over to the state of Texas, they are still involved with coyotes and smugglers and people like that, that we do have the ability to put arrest and put behind bars,” the governor said.

A White House spokesperson did not immediately respond to The Post’s request for comment.

Since assuming office, President Biden has ended construction of Donald Trump’s signature border wall and begun to end the “Remain in Mexico” policy under which 71,000 Central American asylum applicants were awaiting rulings in Mexico — unleashing a flood of illegal migrants at the border.