Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., speaks during a Senate Finance Committee hearing on Oct. 19, 2021. Wyden says he has long been concerned about the algorithms used by his state's child welfare system. Mandel Ngan/AP hide caption
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Daisy Hohman was separated from her three children for 20 months when they were placed in foster care. When Hohman was reunited with her children, she received a bill of nearly $20,000 for foster care from her Minnesota county. Joseph Shapiro/NPR hide caption
States send kids to foster care and their parents the bill — often one too big to pay
Drying migrants clothes in an encampment near the Gateway International Bridge in Matamoros, Tamaulipas. More than 1,500 asylum-seekers are living in the tent encampment. Veronica G. Cardenas for Texas Public Radio hide caption
Schoolchildren in Namibia, which scored high marks for "child-friendliness" in a new ranking of African countries. Eric Lafforgue/Getty Images hide caption
Jonathan Allen and his wife, Ina Rogers, allegedly kept their 10 children in a squalid California home. Police charged Allen with torture and Rogers with neglect. Solano County Sheriff's Office via/AP hide caption