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Child migrant housing and detention industry now worth $1 billion
An immigrant child with his mother.
Immigration has become a billion dollar business for HHS. Photo: Spencer Platt/Getty Images
The Department of Health and Human Services has turned housing and detaining immigrant children into an industry that sees nearly $1 billion annually, reports the Associated Press.
The big picture: HHS grants for shelters, foster cares and child welfare services for unaccompanied and separated children rose from a $74.5 million industry in 2007 to $958 million in 2017.
An immigrant child with his mother.
Immigration has become a billion dollar business for HHS. Photo: Spencer Platt/Getty Images
The Department of Health and Human Services has turned housing and detaining immigrant children into an industry that sees nearly $1 billion annually, reports the Associated Press.
The big picture: HHS grants for shelters, foster cares and child welfare services for unaccompanied and separated children rose from a $74.5 million industry in 2007 to $958 million in 2017.
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