Young people crossing the border alone face challenges in the US homes where they're placed
- Written by Stephanie L. Canizales, Assistant Professor of Sociology, Texas A&M University
Detainees sleep in a holding cell at a processing facility in Brownsville, Texas.AP Photo/Eric Gay
The fates of 1,475 migrant children recently came into question when the Department of Health and Human Services reported them as “missing” in a report to Congress in April 2018.
These children are not missing in the sense that they have...