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HHS Official Warned Trump Administration About 'Significant Risk of Harm to Children' Separated from Parents

By Yeganeh Torbati, Reuters, Richard Cowan, Reuters
Witness Commander Jonathan D. White  during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing July 31, 2018. REUTERS/Allison Shelley
Aug 1, 2018
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A senior official at the U.S. agency charged with caring for migrant children believed separating them from their parents carried "significant risk" of harm and said on Tuesday concerns had been raised internally before the Trump administration made it official policy. 

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Witness Commander Jonathan D. White  during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing July 31, 2018. REUTERS/Allison Shelley