How Many Children Are Now Detained At The Border? 13,000!

How do you move thousands of detained children to avoid them trying to run away? The U.S. government is doing it late at night and with very little notice. The separation of parents and children at the southern border is no longer headline news every day. But the number of youths detained is now at the highest levels ever. These are mostly children who crossed the border on their own without adults. A year ago, in the summer of 2017, there were 2.400 children in custody; now there are about 13,000. In recent days, around the country. They have been woken up in the middle of the night, to be moved from the small home or shelter where they’ve been staying, going to classes, and seeing legal representatives. The government takes them to a tent city in the southwest where they sleep on bunks 20 to a room, with no classes, and limited access to legal help. Read the New York Times story for the sad, infuriating details.

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