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Director of Nonprofit that Locked Up Thousands of Immigrant Children Resigns Amid Federal Investigation

Loaded on June 4, 2019 by Douglas Ankney published in Prison Legal News June, 2019, page 36
Filed under: Immigration. Location: United States of America.

by Douglas Ankney

Juan Sanchez spent 32 years at the helm of Southwest Key Programs (SKP), a private contractor that operates shelters for the federal Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR), which has custody of unaccompanied migrant children apprehended by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), as well as the children ...

 

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