Judge Orders Border Patrol to Ensure Timely Care for Migrant Children in Camps
TL;DR
A judge ruled that migrant children waiting in makeshift camps along the U.S.-Mexico border for Border Patrol processing are in the agency's custody and subject to a court-supervised agreement setting standards for their treatment. The Department of Homeland Security must quickly process the children and place them in safe and sanitary facilities. The ruling comes amid a legal challenge focusing on two areas in California, where migrants wait for several days for processing. The decision could have far-reaching implications as families with children increasingly make perilous journeys to the border, putting different stresses on federal agencies historically more geared toward adults.
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