Immigrant Children: Prison Company and Training Corporation

immigrant children: The agency is also reviewing a new round of proposals amid a growing effort by the White House to keep immigrant children in government custody, according to Toronto Star. Activists stage a protest against a private prison company with contracts to hold immigrants on Thursday, July 12, 2018, at the headquarters of Management and Training Corporation in Centerville, Ore. Health and Human Services HHS grants for shelters, foster care and other child welfare services for detained unaccompanied and separated children soared from 74.5 million U.S. in 2007 to 958 million in 2017. Currently, more than 11,800 children, from a few months old to 17, are housed in nearly 90 facilities in 15 states Francisco Kjolseth / The Associated Press Currently, more than 11,800 children, from a few months old to 17, are housed in nearly 90 facilities in 15 states Arizona, California, Connecticut, Florida, Illinois, Kansas, Maryland, Michigan, New Jersey, New York, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Texas, Virginia and Washington. In May, the agency issued requests for bids for five projects that could total more than 500 million for beds, foster and therapeutic care, and secure care, which means employing guards. They are being held while their parents await immigration proceedings or, if the children arrived unaccompanied, are reviewed for possible asylum themselves. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.