A counselor within a shelter for unaccompanied minors offers the first published description of daily life for detained migrant children. There are surprising descriptions of the processes that decide who can join family and who is deported. Vivid, unforgettable accounts offer insight into the situations that drove them to enter the U.S. illegally, their disparate routes, and what each faced in a quest for release to their U.S. relatives. The author provides an inside view of the simple government rule change that led to "kids in cages."