Over 800 unaccompanied migrant children have spent more than 10 days in US Customs and Border Protection custody, according to a report, despite the 72-hour legal limit for minors.
The staggering number of 823 children comes from an internal Department of Homeland Security document leaked to Axios Sunday.
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Under US law, unaccompanied minors are required to be moved from CBP to Health and Human Services care within 72 hours.
Source: Nearly 1,000 unaccompanied migrant kids held by border patrol for over 10 days
