"For too long, pernicious actors have exploited such children both before and after they enter the United States," HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., said in the release.

Migrant children make their way inside a building at Casa Presidente, an immigrant shelter for unaccompanied minors, in Brownsville, Texas, U.S., June 23, 2018. REUTERS/Loren Elliott/File Photo
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