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Record number of migrant children taken into U.S. shelters in 2021

The Department of Health and Human Services' shelter system received 122,000 migrant children who were taken into U.S. custody without their parents in fiscal year 2021, an all-time high, according to new government figures obtained by CBS News. Immigration reporter Camilo Montoya-Galvez joins CBSN with details.
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