The crisis facing children traveling to the U.S. alone and the crews forced to send them back.

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When the Coast Guard Intercepts Unaccompanied Kids <[link removed]> A Haitian boy arrived on Florida’s maritime border. His next five days detained at sea illuminate the crisis facing children traveling to the U.S. alone and the crews forced to send them back. by Seth Freed Wessler

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