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Children who arrive at the US’s southern border alone often stay in the country for years before their cases are adjudicated. While they wait, they live with sponsors. As of 2023, only one-third of migrant children went to live with their parents, a sea change from a decade ago. That can leave children vulnerable to exploitation or trafficking.
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Had DJT signed the bipartisan Senate Immigration Bill, funding for adjudication of such cases would have been available now to resolve such situations much more quickly...his killing of that bill enables the bad actors to keep violating child protection laws...but he could care less...his only goal in life is to stay out of prison so that he can play golf and eat Big Macs...not all that complicated.