PHILADELPHIA (AP) - In a story June 21 about immigrant children separated from families entering the U.S. illegally, The Associated Press, relying on a story in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, erroneously reported the number of children the Holy Family Institute in Emsworth, Pennsylvania, had taken in. The institute did not specify how many children it is housing; it did not report having taken in about 50.
A corrected version of the story is below:
2 Pennsylvania shelters housing separated migrant children
Two Pennsylvania facilities are housing immigrant children separated from their families at the border under President Donald Trump’s “zero tolerance” policy
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - At least two Pennsylvania facilities are housing immigrant children separated from their families at the border under President Donald Trump’s “zero tolerance” policy.
The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reported that some children have been sent to the Holy Family Institute in Emsworth, Pennsylvania, about 8 miles (13 kilometers) north of Pittsburgh.
Facility CEO Sister Linda Yankoski confirmed the institute is housing some of these children but would not say how many. She said Holy Family has also housed unaccompanied minors since 2010. It has a contract with the federal Office of Refugee Resettlement.
WHYY radio reported at least nine children have been sent to a shelter in Pennsylvania’s Lehigh Valley. Elizabeth Yaeger, supervising attorney for HIAS Pennsylvania’s Immigrant Youth Advocacy Project, said she could not disclose the exact location.
Trump issued an executive order Wednesday revising the separation policy, but not addressing the reunification of the already separated children.
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