Texas desert tent city for immigrant children balloons in size

[Eugene]

Source: Reuters

U.S. OCTOBER 12, 2018 / 8:07 PM / UPDATED 2 HOURS AGO

Texas desert tent city for immigrant children balloons in size

Julio-Cesar Chavez
3 MIN READ

TORNILLO, Texas (Reuters) - A tent city in the west Texas desert set up to hold immigrant children has expanded its capacity by nearly 10 times to 3,800 beds since it opened in June, officials said on Friday.

The facility in the border city of Tornillo sprang up with 400 beds when the Trump administration put into place its “zero tolerance” policy that called for separating parents from children after families crossed the border from Mexico illegally.

While officials say Tornillo no longer holds minors separated under “zero tolerance,” after the administration rolled back that policy following a public outcry and under pressure from U.S. courts, the facility has grown. It now includes children who crossed the U.S. border on their own.

Tornillo houses 1,465 children between the ages of 13 and 17, of whom nearly 900 were detained coming from Guatemala, officials from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and the Department of Health and Human Services said during a camp tour.

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Read more: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-immigration-tornillo/texas-desert-tent-city-for-immigrant-children-balloons-in-size-idUSKCN1MN004

[dalton99a]

1. Trump, Miller, Kelly, Nielsen should be charged with these crimes against humanity

[fierywoman]

3. Lock them up in The Hague!

[Wellstone ruled]

2. Notice this comes from Reuters.

Is AP compromised by the Trump Crime Syndicate?

Unfriggin called for. Concentration Camp and the picture is worth millions of words.

[fierywoman]

4. Is this a place where Spanky Mushroom's buddies get paid @$500/night per person?

[Solly Mack]

5. Sick, sick, sick.

Sick nation.