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US government moves to privatize migrant child detention

Trump administration is shifting the caretaking of migrant children to the private sector.

A joint investigation by The Associated Press and FRONTLINE has found that the Trump administration is actively shifting the caretaking of migrant children from mostly religious-based nonprofits toward the private sector.

AIR DATE 10/2/19

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