Coronavirus & Migrant Children — Hundreds Test Positive Upon Arrival at HHS Facilities

Coronavirus & Migrant Children — Hundreds Test Positive Upon Arrival at HHS Facilities

Esmeralda Gonzalez from Honduras, part of a caravan of migrants trying to reach the U.S., receives medical care next to her children at a public square in Tapachula, Mexico, October 30, 2018. (Carlos Garcia Rawlins/Reuters)

Around 2,900 migrant children detained by U.S. Border Patrol over the past year tested positive for coronavirus, including 300 currently in custody of U.S. agencies.

There are currently over 11,500 unaccompanied minors in shelters run by the Department of Health and Human Services, according to government data obtained…

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