Foster parents of migrant kid describe a boy 'almost in shock'

The Michigan family is caring for three children who have been separated from their parents.
1:30 | 06/19/18

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We're back now with some government provided pictures of a new detention facility for immigrant miners near El Paso, Texas teen boys who enter the US without adults are being housed here. And thousands of protesters have gathered at the facility demanding an end to a policy that separates children from their. Parents and now for the first time we're hearing from Foster parents who are trying to help those children. After they're released from detention centers the Foster parents are speaking about or gen and Karl here for Michigan. Dating want to reveal their identity so we shadowed their faces. They spoke about a ten year old from Guatemala who's now in their care. But when he came to us he was extraordinarily fair trial he came an all black clothes and we learned because he travel that night when his dad and they didn't wanna be seen he came an all black hit a home that was over has had when he wants an airport. And you'd ever want us to CS thinks. Actually interact with its ways and deaths in candy and heat. Didn't have capacity to be wanting to look at he was afraid to each was afraid to Lott his clothes aware soiled he wouldn't use the bathroom. I'm when he was chick transported here so he had urinated and defecated in his clothing. He was afraid to eat anything from us when he first came he now though there out of her a check things. Couldn't communicate with us and he really didn't speak. Would inherit an IOS was almost in shock. And the president of the American academy of pediatrics says the separation of children from their parents is. A form of child abuse.

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