Critics decry long-distance counseling for migrant teens
Adriana Gomez Licon, Associated Press Updated 3:35 pm CDT, Wednesday, May 15, 2019
Photo: Wilfredo Lee, AP
Image 1 of 3
HOMESTEAD, Fla. (AP) — The U.S. government is providing long-distance video counseling to teens housed at the country's largest child migrant detention center as officials struggle to accommodate increasing numbers of minors illegally crossing the U.S.-Mexico border. Some mental health experts and human rights advocates say that's the wrong way to help refugees coping with trauma after a perilous journey and while being held away from their families.
A private company contracted by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to run the center in Homestead is piloting the program and has hired clinical counselors and case managers in Texas, about 1,600 miles (2,575 kilometers) away.
https://www.lmtonline.com/news/texas/article/Critics-decry-long-distance-counseling-for-13847663.php
