“As tens of thousands of children fleeing violence in Central America crossed the border in search of safe harbor, overwhelmed U.S. officials weakened child protection policies, placing some young migrants in homes where they were sexually assaulted, starved or forced to work for little or no pay, an Associated Press investigation has found.”

http://bigstory.ap.org/urn:publicid:ap.org:cc07b82ec58145cca37d6ff952f334c1

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