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Stuck in Shelters for Months, Some Migrant Children Abandon Hopes of Staying in US

By Claudia Boyd-Barrett and Renuka Rayasam, KFF Health News · November 4, 2026

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The federal Office of Refugee Resettlement is supposed to care for migrant children who arrive in the country alone. But new policies are stranding kids in shelters and undermining their mental health. Some children have chosen to return to the countries they fled.

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