Immigrant children being held at the Villages in Topeka

http://www.cjonline.com/news/20180621/immigrant-children-being-held-at-villages-in-topeka

A Topeka-based group-home facility for troubled youths has been identified as a landing spot for immigrant children who have been separated from their families at the U.S. southern border, making it the only known facility to be housing the children in either Kansas and Missouri and perhaps in the entire central states area, according to published reports.

In an editorial published Wednesday by the Kansas City Star, it was revealed children in their teens — and perhaps as young as 6 years old — are being housed at the Villages location on the west outskirts of Topeka. Meanwhile, the children’s parents are reported to be held at separate federal facilities.

Officials on Thursday morning confirmed to The Topeka Capital-Journal that immigrant children are being housed at the Villages, and that the youths are in federal custody.

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Sylvia Crawford, executive director of the Villages, confirmed to the the Star that her organization has received children who have been separated from their parents, noting the agency’s top priority is the safety of the children. The number of immigrant children being housed at the Villages wasn’t available.

Crawford added she didn’t want “the kids to be caught in the crossfire of the feuds” on the U.S. immigration policy.

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