The Biden administration has opened another two emergency holding facilities used to temporarily house unaccompanied minors who illegally crossed into the United States amid the ongoing crisis at the southern border. Both facilities are located in Texas and will receive their first group of unaccompanied children on Monday, who will be transferred out of U.S. Customs and Border Protection custody, according to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office on Refugee Resettlement (ORR). One of the facilities will be located at Target Lodge Pecos North property in Pecos, Texas, and will take in 125 children on Monday. The Pecos facility will house 13 to 17-year-old boys and girls and has a potential capacity of 2,000 beds. The other facility will be located at Carrizo Springs, Texas, and will have a potential capacity of 440 beds. These facilities will join a growing list of emergency intake sites and overflow facilities available to take …
HHS Opens 2 More Emergency Holding Facilities for Unaccompanied Minors
April 6, 2021
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