Friend, all children deserve to live in safety and peace. Unfortunately this is not the case for children living in emergency shelters. The Biden administration rushed to open “emergency” temporary facilities at military bases, work camps and convention centers, under the care of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), to get children out of the care of Border Patrol. These shelters are understaffed, and the few staffers they do have did not get proper background checks before being hired. This is detrimental to the health and well being of the children being held in custody. Migrant children described living in crowded living conditions, spoiled food, lack of clean clothes and struggles with depression with numerous reports of physical and sexual abuse. Migrant children escape hunger, violence, and terror from their home countries. Some walk hundreds of miles on long journeys to face more violence and danger on their routes. For them to finally make it to America and be forced into unsafe and inhumane living conditions is appalling. We must fight to protect these children and provide them with the safety and peace every child deserves. Emergency shelters were intended to protect children from the even more horrific Border Patrol led migrant camps, however they are still not providing the safety and adequate care these children desperately need. We must apply pressure to the Biden Administration to act with urgency to end emergency shelters and reunite migrant children with their families. Keep fighting, Cayana Mackey, Daily Kos. | ||||||
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