“We’re happy to have you here,” Sanchez said, explaining that Casa Padre was currently over capacity. Some 1,497 kids were inside a building meant for thirty-nine less than that—that day accounting for 13 percent of all children in the custody of the Office of Refugee Resettlement nationwide. As he explained it, the increase in referrals was a direct result of children being taken from their parents, children who would otherwise not require the services of his organization.
