The Trump administration is shifting toward privatizing the detention of some migrant children.
On a recent day in a remodeled brick church in the Rio Grande Valley, a caregiver tried to soothe a toddler, offering him a sippy cup. The adult knew next to nothing about the little 3-year-old whose few baby words appeared to be Portuguese. Shelter staff had tried desperately to find his family, calling the Brazilian consulate and searching Facebook.
Trump administration officials say that CHS is keeping the Florida shelter on standby and that they’re focused on the quality of care contractors can provide, not about who profits from the work. Kelly did not respond to requests for comment. But in a statement, Caliburn’s president, Jim Van Dusen, said: “With four decades of military and humanitarian leadership, in-depth understanding of international affairs and knowledge of current economic drivers around the world, Gen. Kelly is a strong strategic addition to our team.”
Migrant teens in their dorm room at the Comprehensive Health Services “tender age” facility in San Benito, Texas.Melissa Aguilar, the executive director of CHS’ shelter care programs, said they’re not separating children — they’re caring for children. So far this budget year, the Office of Refugee Resettlement funded 46 organizations running more than 165 shelters and foster programs to care for more than 67,000 migrant children who were separated from their parents or caregivers at the border or who came to the United States on their own.
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