Cummings: Treatment of migrant children is 'child abuse'

By COLLEEN LONG 11 July 2019, 12:00AM

WASHINGTON (AP) — The chairman of a House committee says the treatment of children at the U.S.-Mexico border amounts to "government-sponsored child abuse."

That's what Rep. Elijah Cummings says at a news conference before a hearing on conditions at border facilities.

Lawmakers say they're horrified by a watchdog report that found squalid conditions for thousands of migrants who have crossed the border.

Cummings, a Maryland Democrat who leads the House Oversight and Reform Committee, says everyone in the country should be able to agree that anyone in U.S. government custody should be treated humanely.

A surge in the number of migrants crossing the border has overwhelmed border facilities. The number of people crossing the border dropped in June, but still topped 100,000 people.

By COLLEEN LONG 11 July 2019, 12:00AM

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