There Are So Many Migrant Children In One Shelter A Headcount Is Taking Hours

Administration for Children and Families at the US Department of Health and Human Services Migrant children are being forced to undergo prison-like headcounts at some shelters. At the country's largest shelter for migrant children, Casa Padre, the count can last for hours. In prison, inmates are usually required to stay in their cells or by the doorway for the duration of the count. But the count seems pointless after child walked away on Saturday, and a spokesman for the shelter said staff can't force children to stay. So many migrant children being held at one shelter that headcounts are taking hours to conduct, Washington Post reported Sunday. Nearly 1,500 boys, aged from 10 to 17 — some arrived in the US as unaccompanied minors, others were separated from their parents under the Trump administration's "zero tolerance" policy — currently reside at Casa Padre shelter in Brownville, Texas.See the rest of the story at Business InsiderNOW WATCH: Why the North Korea summit mattered even if it was 'mostly a photo op'See Also:Children are being forced to recite the Pledge of Allegiance to a country that separated them from their parentsMelania Trump flew to Texas to visit immigrant children wearing a jacket that says 'I really don't care, do u?'Migrant children say they've been forcibly drugged, handcuffed, and abused in US government detentionSEE ALSO: Children are being forced to recite the Pledge of Allegiance to a country that separated them from their parents

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