Some of the children caught up in the recent immigration policy enforcement are here in Virginia.
One facility in Northern Virginia houses more than a dozen children from Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador.
Tucked away in a leafy suburban neighborhood in Prince William County is an unexpected flashpoint in American politics — a detention facility where about a dozen children are staying after been separated from their parents by the Trump administration’s zero tolerance immigration policy. Democratic
Senator Mark Warner toured the facility Wednesday. It is run by a nonprofit organization that has a contract with the Office of Refugee Resettlement. Warner says all the children here look healthy, and all of them have been in contact with their families.
“What we did not get from ORR was an answer on what percentage of that overall universe of young people have actually been connected back to a parent or a relative," Warner told reporters Wednesday. "And I expect an answer today or tomorrow.”
Answers are hard to come by in this immigration debate, but Warner says he won’t stop pushing the Department of Health and Human Services to reunite children separated from their families by the administration.
Reporters were not allowed inside the facility, but were able to speak with Warner outside the grounds when the tour was over.
This report, provided by Virginia Public Radio, was made possible with support from the Virginia Education Association.
