The AP is out with a bombshell of a piece on the Biden administration and “migrant children held in mass shelters with little oversight”:
Migrant children held in mass shelters with little oversighthttps://t.co/3cIbYQvCz6
— Zeke Miller (@ZekeJMiller) May 11, 2021
But why does this article on the BIDEN ADMINISTRATION have a URL that still files the story as if it’s about former President Donald Trump: “https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-immigration-health-coronavirus-pandemic-government-and-politics-3b4e480c9021e6a8e02313f4c73a497e”?
Confidential data obtained by the @AP shows the number of migrant children in government custody has nearly tripled in the past two months to around 21,000 kids, from toddlers to teens, in a network of more than 200 facilities. https://t.co/2HOfogoGuz
— The Associated Press (@AP) May 11, 2021
At the very least, update the URL:
Some current practices are the same criticized under Trump, including not vetting caregivers with full FBI fingerprint background checks. The Biden administration is working to settle multimillion-dollar lawsuits claiming migrant children were abused in shelters under Trump.
— Megan K. Stack (@Megankstack) May 11, 2021
About a dozen unlicensed emergency facilities (military installations, stadiums and convention centers) skirt state regulations and don’t require traditional legal oversight. Children inside aren’t guaranteed access to education, recreational opportunities or legal counsel.
— Megan K. Stack (@Megankstack) May 11, 2021
The Biden administration has been more transparent than the Trump administration, and children are spending less time in the system. But there are reports of abuse and parents who can't find their kids.
— Megan K. Stack (@Megankstack) May 11, 2021
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Anyway, we expect the usual suspects will be much kinder to team Biden over this news of an “opaque network of some 200 facilities that the AP has learned spans two dozen states and includes five shelters with more than 1,000 children packed inside”:
AP: The Biden administration is holding tens of thousands of asylum-seeking children in an opaque network of some 200 facilities that the AP has learned spans two dozen states and includes five shelters with more than 1,000 children packed inside. https://t.co/sQkuKj42TV
— Yamiche Alcindor (@Yamiche) May 11, 2021
“Cages.” The word you’re looking for here is “cages,” right?
SPLC attorney Luz Lopez: “Here we are back to a point almost where we started, where the government is using taxpayer money to build large holding facilities …instead of using that money to find ways… to quickly reunite children with their sponsors" https://t.co/ob1YwGO9gD
— Rebecca Morin (@RebeccaMorin_) May 11, 2021
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