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US Confirms 200 Unaccompanied Minors Removed From CBP Facility

Aline Barros

   VOA's Victoria Macchi contributed to this report.

   WASHINGTON-- More than 200 children held in a border facility described
   as unsafe and unsanitary last week were transferred to the care of
   another U.S. agency by Tuesday, U.S. health authorities confirmed.

   In a statement emailed to VOA, U.S. Health and Human Services
   acknowledged it worked with U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to
   remove 249 unaccompanied children from the CBP Clint Station facility
   in Texas.

   The statement came after the Associated Press reported [1]unsanitary
   living conditions and inadequate food and medical treatment at the
   facility.

   The children held at Clint Station were those who crossed the border
   without authorization and without a guardian, and are referred to as
   "unaccompanied alien children," or UACs.

References

   1. https://www.voanews.com/usa/us-moves-hundreds-children-suspect-detention-facility

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