Trump Admin Plans New Huge Facility For Detaining Migrant Children
The Trump administration is planning to open a new emergency detention center for some 1,600 immigrant children who have crossed the U.S. southern border without parental accompaniment.
Concerns abound as the detention center may not be bound by government requirements that other children’s facilities may be subjected to.
The facility will be considered a temporary emergency shelter, which will allow the government to ignore welfare licensing requirements, a spokesman for HHS said.
The agency is also considering using Army and Air Force bases in states like Georgia, Montana, and Oklahoma to house an additional 1,4000 kids .
The announced facility in Texas comes about as the Trump administration faces backlash for a number of child migrants who have died under their watch over. Six children have perished over the past eight months, although that number could, in fact, be higher.
Pacific Standard Magazine reported that it sent an email to HHS back in May asking if more children had died under their watch that weren’t previously reported.
“[The] inquiry is with the program office for response — we’ll get the information back to you just as soon as we have it,” the agency said in an email to the publication.
It has not responded to more inquiries since that time.
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