Cashing in on child abuse at the border

Under federal law, maximum number of days children captured after crossing the border into the U.S. without authorization are allowed to be held by U.S. Customs and Border Protection before being transferred to the custody of the Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR): 3

Number of weeks some migrant children were held at a border station in Clint, Texas, where visiting lawyers found filthy and overcrowded conditions: 3

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• Babies left in squalor and ‘traumatised’ children prevented from washing in US border custody, says doctor
• Migrant Children Were Asked to Draw Their Experiences in U.S. Custody. Here's What They Drew
• Keeping children in 'cages' costs American taxpayers more than $4.5 million daily
• Border Pediatrician Says “Severe Trauma” Is Being Done to Kids in Custody There
• Disturbing Drawings By Migrant Children Released From US Border Custody Depict 'Horrific' Life In Cages
• We don't tolerate child abuse by parents, and we shouldn't tolerate it from our government
• Migrant Caregivers Separated From Children At Border, Sent Back to Mexico