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    Press Play with Madeleine Brand

    The Head of Customs and Border Protection resigns as outrage mounts over the treatment of detained migrant children

    Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar says his department is about to run out of money to house migrant children. The House is voting today on appropriating that money.

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    By Madeleine Brand • Jun 25, 2019 • 1 min read

    Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar says his department is about to run out of money to house migrant children. The House is voting today on appropriating that money. However, Congressional Democrats and the White House are at odds over how to increase funding.

    Meanwhile, John Sanders, the acting commissioner of Customs and Border Patrol, is resigning.

    And today, 100 kids who were moved from an overcrowded border patrol station in Clint, Texas were moved back because there wasn’t room for them.

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    The full episode

    1 of 4
    What makes Judge Judy so irresistible for millions of TV viewers
    1. 0:00The Head of Customs and Border Protection resigns as outrage mounts over the treatment of detained migrant childrenYou’re reading this
    2. 10:01Democratic Congressman Gil Cisneros on why he supports a bill that would help address the crisis at the border
    3. 19:30A couple’s 4000-mile journey across the Arctic by foot and canoe
    4. 37:59How Judge Judy built a multi-million dollar fortune
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