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The increase from last year in the number of undocumented children without parents in the U.S. who were turned over to the Office of Refugee Resettlement in the first six months of this fiscal year. As a result, hundreds of children have been sleeping on cots in gyms and in an Air Force dorm in Texas.

The increase from last year in the number of undocumented children without parents in the U.S. who were turned over to the Office of Refugee Resettlement in the first six months of this fiscal year. As a result, hundreds of children have been sleeping on cots in gyms and in an Air Force dorm in Texas.

Caroline Cournoyer is GOVERNING's senior web editor.