Obama Held More Than Double the Number of Children in Shelters Compared to Trump White House
By Chantal Da Silva On 5/30/18 at 10:26 AM
The number of undocumented children being held without their parents in U.S. government custody has seen a 21 percent increase in the past month after the Trump administration announced its "zero tolerance" crackdown on families caught crossing the border illegally, it has emerged.
Department of Health and Human Services' (HHS) Administration for Children and Families spokesperson Kenneth Wolfe told Newsweek on Wednesday that it had as many as 10,852 undocumented children in its custody—a significant jump from the 8,886 that were in the agency's custody on April 29, according to the Washington Post. spokesman for HHS’s Administration for Children and Families told
http://www.newsweek.com/trump-administration-holding-more-immigrant-children-shelters-ever-949099
