U.S. to keep migrant families in hotels as amid rush for space
The HinduMigrant families will be held at hotels in the Phoenix area in response to a growing number of people crossing the U.S.-Mexico border, authorities said on Friday, another step in the Biden administration's rush to set up temporary space for them. Senator Kyrsten Sinema was told that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement will occupy “several hotels along the southwest border, including in Chandler and Phoenix,” her office said in a statement. To save time, the Border Patrol has been releasing migrant families — about 9,600 people as of Tuesday, according to US Rep. Henry Cuellar — without notices to appear in court. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services — which places unaccompanied children with “sponsors”, most often parents and close relatives — has found space in convention centres, military bases and other large venues.
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