They are in the desert without anything to do, except, grieve for their family. These children are not doing well and being in the desert without a person to care for them, they will succumb to dehydration and disease. I am not hopeful for a good resolve for these children under this administration.
Congress has not yet passed immigration reform and this is the consequence. Children alone and at high risk of illness and worse. Congress needs to act to return safe havens for these children, including schooling and a path forward for them and all the other Undocumented in the USA.
Someone needs to be reviewing the records of these children regularly. There needs to be doctors regularly caring for them and being sure they are adequately fed and hydrated. There needs to be teachers to engage the future for these children. They have no hope. I am not optimistic for their outcome.
By Caitlin Dickerson
Like the border wall, (click here) a tent city is a physical manifestation of the Trump administration’s immigration agenda
...The system for sheltering migrant children (click here) came under strain this summer, when the already large numbers were boosted by more than 2,500 young border crossers who were separated from their parents under the Trump administration’s zero-tolerance policy. But those children were only a fraction of the total number who are currently detained....
