Number of migrant children in US custody hits record high
A record high 14,000 migrant children are in U.S. government custody, as the White House implements its hard-line stance on immigration.
“Currently, there are approximately 14,000 minors in the unaccompanied alien children program, a number that can fluctuate up or down," Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) spokeswoman Evelyn Stauffer said Friday in a statement to The Hill. "The Trump Administration continues to enforce current laws to address our nation’s crisis at the border.”
The San Francisco Chronicle first reported the record number.
The news comes as thousands of Central American migrants, including women and children, make their way to the U.S.-Mexico border, with many intending to seek asylum from violence in their home countries.
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/417210-number-of-immigrant-children-in-us-custody-reaches-all-time-high
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