Meanwhile. their families. who are often with them. are sent back across the border at the place where they were intercepted with no money and no idea of where their husbands or fathers were taken. The situation leaves women and children vulnerable to trafficking. sexual violence. and other dangers. I have also sought to place independent child welfare professionals at Border Patrol stations to provide basic humanitarian assistance to unaccompanied children held in our border stations. This would ensure appropriate screening of children to identify victims of persecution or trafficking. It also would ensure that children are not held for longer than necessary in U.S. Custom and Border Protection facilities. At the peak of our attention to the crisis of unaccompanied minors last year. nearly 50.000 children arrived at our Nations southern border. Much of our attention in this body was paid to dealing with these children once they reached our border.
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