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Letter: Migrant custody lacks oversight

By Al Hensley, Vancouver
Published: October 20, 2018, 6:00am

I read in “The Week” magazine that hundreds of migrant children in government custody were moved this summer from foster shelters to a tent city in Tornillo, Texas. More than 1,600 kids, mostly 13 to 17, have passed through the camp, 35 miles south of El Paso. There is no school and access to legal services is limited.

I wonder, is this something like the Hitler Youth organization? That group of youth were trained to march and carry rifles, etc.

Unlike privately run foster shelters, the camp in Texas is not subject to guidelines from state welfare authorities.

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