Fact Check: Are More Than 10,000 Children in U.S. Detention Centers?

[DonViejo]

The Department of Health and Human Services announced that 10,773 unaccompanied immigrant children were indeed in detention facilities as of May 2018.

CLAIM

As of May 2018, there were more than 10,000 unaccompanied children in United States government immigration detention centers.

RATING

TRUE

ORIGIN

On 29 May 2018 the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced a significant increase in the number of unaccompanied children held in U.S. government detention centers compared to the prior month, as reported by the Washington Post:

The number of migrant children held in U.S. government custody without their parents has surged 21 percent in the past month, according to the latest figures, an increase driven by the Trump administration’s “zero tolerance” crackdown on families who cross the border illegally.

Although the government has not disclosed how many children have been separated from their parents as a result of the new measures, the Department of Health and Human Services said Tuesday that it had 10,773 migrant children in its custody, up from 8,886 on April 29.

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[bronxiteforever]

1. 10,000 children. Kick & recommend for visibility

[MineralMan]

2. "Detention Centers" are "Concentration Camps"

They are places to concentrate and sequester a population of individuals who share something specific in common. Being a child who is an undocumented immigrant is that thing in this case. So, we have concentration camps for undocumented alien minors. Those minors have no legal rights, are not charged with any crimes, and cannot leave. They are held without authority or access to legal protection.

Isn't that just so special of us?

[krawhitham]

4. +1

[notdarkyet]

5. Yep.

This is wrong on every level.

LET THOSE CHILDREN GO.

THEY ARE BEING HELD BECAUSE MONEY IS BEING MADE OFF THEM EVERY DAY

[krawhitham]

3. K&R

[msongs]

6. was it jesus that said let the little children come unto him so they can be locked up in kennels?

or maybe that's just what his followers believe in the USA

[Garrett78]

10. No, but here's what Deuteronomy says:

"If a man has a stubborn and rebellious son who will not obey the voice of his father or the voice of his mother, and, though they discipline him, will not listen to them, then his father and his mother shall take hold of him and bring him out to the elders of his city at the gate of the place where he lives, and they shall say to the elders of his city, ‘This our son is stubborn and rebellious; he will not obey our voice; he is a glutton and a drunkard.’ Then all the men of the city shall stone him to death with stones."

That's not why I'm an atheist (I'm an atheist because there's zero evidence for gods), but it sure does make me wonder why more people aren't horrified by their superstitions.

[Kittycow]

7. I bet it surfaces later there's corruption in the food chain.

Such as in prisons where corrupt officials skim off the food budget and feed the prisoners spoiled food.

I mean, who is watching?

[Johnny2X2X]

8. What kind of country?

What kind of country throws children into prison? This is sick and evil. We need to stop this now.

[Beaverhausen]

9. Apparently it's more important to discuss Trumps weight than these kids

So I’m kicking and reccing this.

[retread]

11. A crime against humanity!

"Crimes against humanity consist of various acts—murder, extermination, enslavement, torture, forcible transfers of populations, imprisonment, rape, persecution, enforced disappearance, and apartheid, among others—when, according to the ICC , those are “committed as part of a widespread or systematic attack directed against any civilian population.”

[Doodley]

13. It is a crime against humanity. There is no humanity. The same is true for denying millions

healthcare in the richest nation on the planet.

[Doodley]

12. What kind of nation is it where the media and Dem lawmakers aren't screaming about this?