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Migrant children who enter the US illegally are placed in facilities overseen by the US Office of Refugee Resettlement. These are meant to be temporary stays — just long enough for the federal government to connect each child with a relative, sponsor, or foster home. But as Gustavo Solis reports from KPBS in San Diego, children from African and Middle Eastern countries are staying much longer than expected — and longer than kids from everywhere else.