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Dozens of Undocumented Immigrants Arrested While Trying to Retrieve Children in Custody

HeadlineSep 21, 2018

CNN has revealed federal agents have arrested dozens of undocumented immigrants who came forward to take care of undocumented immigrant children in government custody. Between July and early September, ICE arrested at least 41 people seeking to take care of detained immigrant children. This comes as the government has acknowledged it now has a record 13,000 migrant children in its custody.

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