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Border agents referring hundreds of migrants for medical evaluations

By Anna Giaritelli
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Border agents referring hundreds of migrants for medical evaluations

U.S. Customs and Border Protection announced Monday evening that more than 250 migrant children taken into custody by federal border agents over the past nine days were referred to medical professionals outside the homeland security agency.

The border agency said in a statement it has relinquished custody of 451 people who arrived at or between ports of entry between Dec. 22-30 so that they could be looked over by nonagency medical personnel at hospitals and clinics.

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