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Trump Administration Pressures CDC to Sign Off on Locking Up Migrant Children, Citing Pandemic

HeadlineOct 26, 2020

In immigration news, federal health officials say the Trump administration has been pressuring the CDC to endorse locking up migrant children at border hotels before deporting them, as a way to help protect them from the pandemic. The Trump administration was forced to halt the practice last month under court order and following public outrage.

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