First the reporters had to find out how many kids were involved. @AP and @frontlinepbs found all the migrant infants, toddlers, children and teens held by the US government over the past year would overflow a typical NFL stadium. (2/6)
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That’s almost 70,000 kids, scattered across 170 programs in 23 states. The reporters asked: What does it feel like in the detention centers? The residential shelters? The children’s answers: Scared. Lonely. Angry. Hurt. “There was despair everywhere,” one teen said. (3/6)
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The investigation found Trump administration policies led to family separations — which are still happening — and make it harder for parents to reunite with their own children. (4/6)
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Experts say locking up kids is traumatic and can impact them for the rest of their lives. Some suffer anxiety. Depression. Heart disease. Even cancer. (5/6)
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This fall, about 4,000 migrant kids are still in government custody, away from their families. More arrive every week. Watch more on
#FrontlinePBS tonight. (6/6) http://apne.ws/oeM2dOjShow this thread
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Of course they are easier to show the children into slavery that way
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They are treated BETTER than American kids when their parents are taken into custody and the kids are put into foster care.
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Hello the logjam is in the Senate. They aren't passing any of the hundreds of bills sent over by the House.
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