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U.S. spends millions to maintain facility that once housed unaccompanied migrant children

Name: U.S. spends millions to maintain facility that once housed unaccompanied migrant children
Uploaded: 2019-09-18T20:53:09-0400
Duration: 4 min 26 s
Description: The U.S. government has been spending $720,000 a day to staff an empty migrant holding facility in Homestead, Florida. The facility used to house unaccompanied minors but stopped housing children August 3. CBS News investigative reporter Graham Kates has been covering the Homestead facility. He joins CBSN to discuss the issue.

The U.S. government has been spending $720,000 a day to staff an empty migrant holding facility in Homestead, Florida. The facility used to house unaccompanied minors but stopped housing children August 3. CBS News investigative reporter Graham Kates has been covering the Homestead facility. He joins CBSN to discuss the issue.