Mother Jones
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70,000 Kids Will Show Up Alone at Our Border This Year. What Happens to Them?
Map: These Are the Places Central American Child Migrants Are Fleeing
Why Our Immigration Courts Can’t Handle the Child Migrant Crisis
Are the Kids Showing Up at the Border Really Refugees?
Child Migrants Have Been Coming to America Alone Since Ellis Island
On Friday, Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick announced a plan for his state to temporarily shelter up to 1,000 unaccompanied children who have recently fled to the United States as part of the ongoing border crisis. He cited America’s history of giving “sanctuary to desperate children for centuries,” the “blight on our national reputation” when we refused to accept Jewish children fleeing the Nazis in 1939, and his Christian faith as reasons for the decision. “My faith teaches,” he said, fighting back tears, “that if a stranger dwells with you in your land, you shall not mistreat him but rather love him as yourself.” The Joint Base Cape Cod and Westover Air Base are the two facilities being considered as possible locations.
Notably, Patrick has said “maybe” to a 2016 run for president.
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Watch: Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick’s Emotional Speech on Child Migrants
