Children are being forced to recite the Pledge of Allegiance to a country that separated them from their parents

Get the Full StoryMigrant children are being forced to recite the Pledge of Allegiance in shelters after authorities separated them from their parents.

The children are forced to recite the pledge in English every morning "out of respect."

This is occurring at Casa Padre, the country's largest shelter for migrant children, which gained attention for its cramped sleeping quarters and dehumanizing practices.

Migrant children who have been separated from their families are being forced to recite America's Pledge of Allegiance every morning, according to a Washington Post report.

The Casa Padre facility in Brownsville, Texas, is the largest migrant children's shelter in the country, housing nearly 1,5000 boys. Some arrived as unaccompanied minors while others were separated from family members under the Trump administration's "zero tolerance" policy. See the rest of the story at Business InsiderNOW WATCH: This top economist has a radical plan to change the way Americans voteSee Also:A 15-year-old migrant boy is missing after running away from a Texas children s shelter'This is who we are': The US has a history of putting families in cages, and it didn't start with TrumpMigrant children say they've been forcibly drugged, handcuffed, and abused in US government detentionSEE ALSO: http: www.businessinsider.com migrant-children-forcibly-drugged-abused-in-us-government-detention-2018-6

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