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Saturday, September 29th, 2018

Trump Admin Moves $260 Million From Cancer Research, HIV/AIDS and Other Programs to Cover Costs of Immigrant Children in Custody

Author:     Tal Kopan
Source:     Reader Supported News/CNN
Publication Date:     28 September 18
 Link: Trump Admin Moves $260 Million From Cancer Research, HIV/AIDS and Other Programs to Cover Costs of Immigrant Children in Custody
Stephan:   I keep telling you that while the media can only focus on two main stories a day, a great deal of nasty stuff is going on that is largely overlooked. Here is a perfect example of what I mean. If Trumpian scumbaggery were a temperature you could cook a pizza on the sidewalk.

Immigrant children in one of Trump’s child concentration camps.
Credit: Getty

The Trump administration is planning to shift more than $260 million to cover the rising cost and strain of housing thousands of undocumented immigrant children in their custody — including millions of dollars from programs like cancer research and HIV/AIDS prevention.

The request comes as the program has been strained by record-high levels of children in custody, driven in large part by new policies that are holding kids longer and making it more difficult for them to be released to adults, such as family members.

It also comes amid news that the Department of Health and Human Services once again could not locate 1,500 children it had released over a three-month period.

There are more than 13,000 children currently in HHS custody, spokeswoman Evelyn Stauffer told CNN. The number fluctuates daily, but that is higher than the record-setting 12,800 in custody last week.

The program request is detailed in a letter to Sen. Patty Murray, D-Washington, and other […]

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