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DonViejo

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Mon Nov 19, 2018, 05:15 PM Nov 2018

Trump Refugee Director In Charge Of Migrant Youth Shelters Changes Jobs

Source: Talking Points Memo/The AP



By Associated Press

November 19, 2018 4:00 pm

WASHINGTON (AP) — The head of the Trump administration’s Office of Refugee Resettlement, which was criticized for its role overseeing shelters for unaccompanied immigrant minors, is leaving his post.

The Department of Health and Human Services says Scott Lloyd will move to a new role at the Center for Faith and Opportunity Initiatives.

Lloyd says in a statement he has “valued” time at the refugee office, but is excited to take on a new challenge.

Thousands of migrant children were forcibly separated from their parents under the administration’s “zero tolerance” policy. Trump signed an order ending the policy amid outcry, but the government struggled to reunite families.

Read more: https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/scott-lloyd-orr-new-role-faith-opportunity-initiatives

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Trump Refugee Director In Charge Of Migrant Youth Shelters Changes Jobs (Original Post) DonViejo Nov 2018 OP
"Youth Shelters" hibbing Nov 2018 #1
Still Kiddie Cages. Wellstone ruled Nov 2018 #2
Hide out, Scott, behind the guise of religious concern. mpcamb Nov 2018 #3

hibbing

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1. "Youth Shelters"
Mon Nov 19, 2018, 05:19 PM
Nov 2018

Nice language to soften what these facilities are.

14,000 children has been the figures I have seen.


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