We are preparing to publish a story based on ORR data provided to us by Homeland Security officials on background that shows more than 700 children have been separated from their parents since last October. According to our sources, the data shows that about half of the children are under 10 years old and more than a quarter are under five years old. The story will also say that ORR-contracted shelters have struggled increasingly to track down the parents of children who show up at their facilities after being separated—so the children effectively become lost in the system until ORR contracts
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