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‘No Good Choices’: HHS Is Cutting Safety Corners To Move Migrant Kids Out Of Overcrowded Facilities
After ignoring signs that shelters were filling quickly, agencies are scrambling to get thousands of kids out of Border Patrol jails. But new “emergency” facilities skirt safety standards, while facilities accused of abuse are still getting grants.
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PHILADELPHIA - OCTOBER 16:  Joe Biden, Vice President of the United States of America, is seen during pre-game introductions prior to Game One of the National League Championship Series between the San Francisco Giants and the Philadelphia Phillies at Citizens Bank Park in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on October 16, 2010.  The Giants defeated the Phillies 4-3.  (Photo by Rich Pilling/MLB Photos via Getty Images) *** Local Caption *** Joe Biden PHILADELPHIA - OCTOBER 16:  Joe Biden, Vice President of the United States of America, is seen during pre-game introductions prior to Game One of the National League Championship Series between the San Francisco Giants and the Philadelphia Phillies at Citizens Bank Park in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on October 16, 2010.  The Giants defeated the Phillies 4-3.  (Photo by Rich Pilling/MLB Photos via Getty Images) *** Local Caption *** Joe Biden
WASHINGTON, DC - OCTOBER 30: U.S. Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) announces that he is filing an official request for the House Committee on Ethics to open an ethics investigation into Rep. Adam Schiff outside of the Sensitive Compartmented Information Facility (SCIF) during the continued House impeach inquiry of President Donald Trump at the U.S. Capitol on October 30, 2019 in Washington, DC. State Department special adviser for Ukraine Catherine Croft and State Department official Christopher Anderson are expected to appear for closed-door depositions as part of the impeachment inquiry and the latest in a line of career diplomats who have complied with a House subpoena. (Photo by Samuel Corum/Getty Images) WASHINGTON, DC - OCTOBER 30: U.S. Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) announces that he is filing an official request for the House Committee on Ethics to open an ethics investigation into Rep. Adam Schiff outside of the Sensitive Compartmented Information Facility (SCIF) during the continued House impeach inquiry of President Donald Trump at the U.S. Capitol on October 30, 2019 in Washington, DC. State Department special adviser for Ukraine Catherine Croft and State Department official Christopher Anderson are expected to appear for closed-door depositions as part of the impeachment inquiry and the latest in a line of career diplomats who have complied with a House subpoena. (Photo by Samuel Corum/Getty Images)