A large number of the young migrant girls housed in a Summit Township dormitory for the last couple of weeks, were flown out of Erie around noon on Saturday.

It's raised many questions as when they arrived.

Congressman Mike Kelly who's been asking lots of questions, was set to tour the dormitory on Saturday and he was still able to tour the facility.

Congressman Kelly said it was incredible to see so many volunteers both locally and from all over the country coming to Erie to help these young girls but he says there are questions that remain about why they were moved so fast.

Less than two weeks after arriving in Erie, young girls from the U.S. Mexico border are leaving Northwest Pennsylvania. 

Saturday morning, many of the the young girls boarded buses and were taken to the airport and flown to LaGuardia airport in New York City. 

From there, they'll be moved to other state facilities. 

Congressman Mike Kelly who has raised questions about the facility and the children in his district and toured the Summit Township dorms for the first time on Saturday, even meeting some of the girls.

"They're darling by the way, the ones we were able to see, we weren't able to visit with them, but they are darling. I just wonder, I don't know where their journey started, but as a father and grandfather with children, I know they ages they are couldn't be more confusing", said Congressman Mike Kelly (R) of the 16th District.

After almost 90 girls already left, Congressman  Kelly said 54 girls are still in Erie.

According to county officials, more than 30 girls had Covid-19, but Kelly says he doesn't think that's the reason they left. "I don't think it had anything to do with Covid when they first got here, they got here and they found out they did have the virus and some of them are still anchored here, so I don't know, we didn't get a clear idea, since there is no policy", said Congressman Kelly.

So why did they leave?

Erie News Now reached out to the owner of the dorms, Glen Renaud who said he hope to have the dorms be an official ORR facility in the future, but the facility needs updates, and officials don't want to make repairs while children are still there. 

His statement reads, "We expect to be a licensed ORR facility in the future, but that requires some time and changes to our building and surroundings. We are working closely with federal agencies", said Renaud, "Because sub-contractors will be coming into the building more often, everyone decided it was best for children and the local community to have the children moved."

Congressman Kelly says although it was good to see the facility, he still has a lot of questions for the Biden administration.

"We really need some help from the administration, they need to come up with an exact policy, a process, and a plan, we don't have any of those three, every single call we've made, every single letter we've written has gone unanswered."

Congressman Kelly says he hopes that more children can come back to these facilities as soon as any upgrades or changes are made.