Gillibrand urges Congress to limit funds for migrant children shelters, citing "mistreatment"
By Camilo Montoya-Galvez
June 18, 2019 / 2:02 PM / CBS News
Washington — Citing the "mistreatment" of migrant children in U.S. custody, New York Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, a Democratic presidential candidate, is urging her fellow lawmakers in Congress to limit funding allocated to certain shelters used by the government to house unaccompanied migrant minors.
In a letter to the top Republican and Democratic appropriators in the Senate, Gillibrand said Congress should restrict funding to facilities overseen by the Office Refugee Resettlement (ORR) — an agency within the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) which takes care of unaccompanied migrant children after they are detained by Border Patrol — that are not licensed by the state or fail to meet standards set forth by a court settlement.
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