Long Island Group Home Housing 8 Migrant Children

A group home on Long Island is one of many places across the country that is housing migrant children who were separated from their families at the border.

About eight children are being housed at MercyFirst in Syosset, which operates programs for troubled and at-risk children.

Nassau County Executive Laura Curran and Reps. Tom Suozzi and Kathleen Rice toured the Mercy First facilities on Monday.

Since 2014, the home has operated under a contract with the federal government to house unaccompanied minors.

"MercyFirst is providing excellent care and resources to all the children currently in the facility," Curran said in a press release. "This is an issue that goes far beyond politics, it is a human issue. We must ensure that these children are well cared for, and more importantly reunited with their parents.”

The children were separated from their families as part of the Trump administration's "zero tolerance" immigration policy.

Image via Office of the Nassau County Executive