While we’re getting so excited about the Manafort plea, 538 Significant Digits reminds us about what’s going on on the ground:
12,800 children
The number of detained migrant children in the U.S. is at the highest level ever recorded: 12,800 children. This represents an increase of more than 10,000 since May 2017 — and is despite the fact that hundreds of children who were separated from their parents have been released because of court orders. [The New York Times]