AP: Migrant kids held in mass shelters
Decades after the U.S. stopped institutionalizing kids because large and crowded orphanages were causing lasting trauma, it is happening again. The federal government has placed most of the 14,300 migrant toddlers, children and teens in its care in detention centers…
Kudos to the AP for staying on top of this story. The government’s approach has hardened, likely causing lasting trauma.