Biden Pledges That Border Shelter For Teens 'Won't Stay Open Very Long' Enlarge this image toggle caption Eric Gay/AP Eric Gay/AP Updated Feb. 26 at 7:45 p.m. President Biden said on Friday that thousands of unaccompanied children were coming across the border as part of migration surge, prompting the move to reopen the facility in Carrizo Springs, Texas. "Our hope …
HOUSTON — President Joe Biden’s administration has reopened a tent facility to house up to 700 immigrant teenagers after they cross the U.S.-Mexico border unaccompanied by a parent, a sign of growing worries about how children are treated in government custody. U.S. Health and Human Services said Monday that the first teens arrived at Carrizo Springs, Texas, which was converted …
Immigrants say the Pledge of Allegiance at the U.S. government’s newest shelter for migrant children in Carrizo Springs, Texas. By the time a new federal shelter opened for migrant youths in this central Texas oilfield town last month, hundreds of children had been stuck for weeks in squalid Border Patrol stations. Border Patrol officials have blamed Health and Human Services …
