LinkLinksOpinion Jess Morales Rocketto and Brandon Wu in The Post: No, the D.C. area is not right for shelters for migrant children By Editor On Sep 6, 2019 Last updated Sep 6, 2019 53 Share When attorney Laura Peña visited her client’s 7-year-old son and 11-year-old daughter at a shelter for unaccompanied migrant children, the desperation Peña encountered was so overwhelming that she could barely keep herself from crying. Her client, wrongfully accused of being a gang member, had been kept from his children for months despite a federal injunction meant to halt family separations. The two young children sat in front of her, emaciated, depressed and asking, “why can’t we be with our father?” 53 Share FacebookTwitterReddItWhatsAppEmailPrint
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