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PHOTOS: See inside the tent city where migrant children are held after being separated from their parents at the US-Mexico border

Reuters/Mike Blake Migrant children can be seen walking in single file through a tent city near the Mexican border in new photos that show where kids, many separated from their parents, are being detained by the US government.
The images show children playing soccer at the facility, as well as a medical clinic and rows of bunk beds in a dormitory.
The Department of Homeland Security is using a facility in Tornillo, Texas, to house boys who entered the US illegally. The facility houses unaccompanied minors who crossed the border, and children that have been separated from their families as...
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'Don't leave me, Mom!': A woman detained at the US border described the moment her son was separated from her to be held 2,000 miles away

25 days ago | By Business Insider

Blanca Orantes-Lopez via AP
Blanca Orantes-Lopez and her eight-year-old son Abel illegally entered the US after being turned away at a legal port of entry last month.
Orantes has been taken to a detention center in SeaTac, Washington.
Meanwhile, her son is in custody at a children's home in Kingston, New York.
She has described the moment she was allowed to briefly see her son before officials took him away.
A mother has described the heartbreaking moment she was separated from her eight-year-old child at the US border last month.
Blanca Orantes-Lopez was taken from her son, Abel...
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Rachel Maddow breaks down in tears on air while reading about babies detained at US border

25 days ago | By Business Insider

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MSNBC host Rachel Maddow broke down in tears on Tuesday night reporting on f amily separations at the US-Mexico border .
A breaking story about "tender age" children being held in facilities in south Texas was the trigger.
The report said babies were being held in facilities away from their families in a potentially traumatic setting.
President Donald Trump's administration officials have described the children as being "well taken care of" in custody.
MSNBC host Rachel Maddow went off the rails on Tuesday night when it came time for her to read a new report of "tender age" children...
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