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May 6, 2019

Ex-WH Chief of Staff John Kelly Joins Board of U.S.'s Largest Jailer of Migrant Children
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CBS News is reporting former White House Chief of Staff John Kelly has
joined the board of Caliburn International, the parent company of
Comprehensive Health Services, which runs the nation's largest detention
center for unaccompanied migrant children. Before becoming chief of
staff, Kelly led the Department of Homeland Security. Jess Morales
Rocketto, chair of the immigrant rights coalition Families Belong
Together, responded to the news, saying "John Kelly and the family
separation policy he enabled will go down in the history books as a
stain on our nation's moral character. […] If a company sees John
Kelly's experience terrorizing thousands of children and putting babies
in cages as a job qualification, it cannot be trusted to care for
children."


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