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WASHINGTON – (Actualización: Wyden también pide la renuncia de Acosta) Los senadores Jeff Merkley y Ron Wyden, demócratas por Oregón, pidieron el martes al secretario del Trabajo, Alexander Acosta, que renuncie. La llamada de Merkley “sigue nuevos detalles sobre el abuso sexual en serie de niños por parte de Jeffrey Epstein, un poderoso financista con quien Acosta negoció un acuerdo de culpabilidad indulgente en 2007.

BOARDMAN — Concern for children in America’s classrooms, homes and border security permeated discussion at a town hall with Sen. Jeff Merkley in Boardman on Saturday. The senator advocated for more education funding, more early childhood education opportunities and changes in the way the country handles minors crossing the southern

Senator Jeff Merkley slammed migrant detention centers for children on Sunday, pointing out that many are run by “for-profit” companies and that the U.S. was currently establishing “the largest child prison in American history” to deal with immigrant children. Merkley, a Democrat who represents Oregon, made the comments during an interview on

The ongoing crisis at detention centers on the southern U.S. border is costing American taxpayers more than $4.5 million per day. Health and Human Services (HHS) told Yahoo Finance that of the 13,000 children in its care, 2,594 are staying at the two influx shelters at Homestead, Florida, and Carrizo Springs, Texas.