John Kelly joins Caliburn, a company that owns the largest children's migrant facility.

The former White House chief of staff, John Kelly, has joined the company's board of directors, which runs the country's largest unaccompanied migrant child accommodation center, announced Friday the company.

Caliburn International, the company, is the owner of Comprehensive Health Services Inc., which operates a large shelter in Homestead, Florida – a facility Congress Democrats have described to keep children in prison-like conditions. ".

It seems that Kelly, as a former head of the White House, is not prevented from sitting on the board of directors of the company under the rules of ethics in force at home. White, but he is still not allowed to try to influence government policies in a way that would benefit society according to the Associated Press. Democrats expressed outrage at what they saw as the "corruption" and harshness of a former administration official who joined a company that had participated in the separation of thousands of families at the border during the "zero tolerance" policy of the administration in the spring of 2018.

"It's unforgivable," Representative Debbie Mucarsel-Powell, who represents the district in which the facility is located, tweeted. "This confirms what we knew about the president – namely, that he and the people with whom he surrounds, like John Kelly, are willing to take advantage of the cruel detention of immigrant children.

Senator Cory Booker echoes this feeling on Twitter: "Enjoy your own cruel policies. It's disgusting. "

Kelly, who left the Trump administration in January, was already on the board of the investment company that now owns Caliburn before joining the White House. Kelly left the board in January 2017 when he joined the administration. According to CBS News, the company received at least $ 222 million to operate the Florida facilities between July 2018 and April 2019.

The Homestead Center, which continues to grow, still has thousands of migrant children, most of whom arrived at the border without a parent or guardian. During the zero tolerance period, the shelter housed up to 140 children separated from their families, according to the AP.

Comprehensive Health Services has obtained the necessary licenses to operate three Texas accommodation centers for migrant children, as well as one located in Florida. According to CBS News, Florida 's accommodation center is the only one in the country not to be subject to regular inspections from child protection experts.