US border facilities for migrant children are improving but still need work, court monitor says

The U.S. is still separating some migrant children from parents while holding them after they cross the border despite broad improvements at detention centers in Texas

McALLEN, Texas — The U.S. still separates some migrant children from parents while holding them after they cross the border despite broad improvements at detention centers in Texas, according to a court-ordered monitor’s final report.

The heightened scrutiny of the Border Patrol’s Texas holding facilities is part of broader court-appointed oversight, which President-elect Donald Trump and his allies have criticized.

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