Analysis-Facing critics, Biden has no good choices to manage influx of migrant children

FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks on International Women?s Day at the White House in Washington, U.S., March 8, 2021. REUTERS/Tom Brenner

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden's administration is racing to deal with an increasing number of migrant children arriving at the U.S.-Mexico border, but it has limited options and "none are great," one U.S. official said.

The influx, which comes as Biden relaxes some of former President Donald Trump's more restrictive immigration policies, has left the Democratic president facing criticism not only from opposition Republicans but also members of his own party, who say some children are being held in custody for too long.