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Shelter staff have called 911 on migrant kids for minor offenses. In some cases, police have arrested, jailed and even tased those kids.\\xa0

When unaccompanied children arrive alone at the U.S. border and seek asylum, they get sent to cells, then to government-funded shelters, where they wait to be released to family members or sponsors. Kids can spend months, sometimes years, at these shelters, and they can be secretive places. It\\u2019s hard for reporters and even government officials to get access to the shelters. But Reveal reporters Aura Bogado and Laura C. Morel found that one group sometimes entering shelters is police.\\xa0

\\nReveal had to sue the federal government to get the records on migrant children in shelters run by the Office of Refugee Resettlement. The documents show that since 2014, at least 84 children held in shelters have been turned over to law enforcement.\\xa0

First, Bogado and Morel share the story of a 16-year-old asylum seeker from Honduras who was tased by a Texas sheriff\\u2019s deputy. The incident was caught on the deputy\\u2019s body camera, which also captured the deputy\\u2019s partner as he insulted the teenager, calling him \\u201cEl Stupido.\\u201d Then, we hear another disturbing story of a 17-year-old boy who briefly grabbed another teenager \\u2013 and wound up being arrested for assault, held in jail and deported.\\xa0

These are cases of overpolicing in a place where there are no bystanders to record, a place that is supposed to be taking care of vulnerable children. With a new administration, will anything change?