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By DANA HEDGPETH | The Washington Post | Published: April 24, 2021 WASHINGTON A group that represents Public Health Service officers who have assisted during natural disasters, in overseas fights against Ebola and recently on the front lines of the coronavirus pandemic is seeking recognition on a veterans memorial at the Smithsonian Institution s National Museum of the American Indian, arguing its members were unfairly left out. The Commissioned Officers Association of the U.S. Public Health Service alleges that when the design was completed years ago for the National Native American Veterans Memorial, the USPHS and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Commissioned Officer Corps should have been included.
Feds Open New Migrant Child Detention Site in Long Beach, California
22 Apr 2021
Health and Human Services (HHS) announced the opening of another Emergency Intake Site (EIS) to move increasing numbers of unaccompanied children out of Customs and Border Protection custody.
The development follows recent announcements by HHS to address the surge in unaccompanied children flooding the southern border.
The new EIS facility will be located at the Long Beach Convention Center in Long Beach, California. The center will receive 150 unaccompanied migrant children on Thursday, April 22. The Emergency Intake Site will provide shelter for up to 1,000 females under the age of 17 and boys under 12 years of age. HHS has opened 15 EISs since February. One, located in Houston, Texas, recently closed without any reasons given.
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Unaccompanied migrant children arrive at second San Antonio emergency shelter at JBSA-Lackland
Officials say 100 boys, between the ages of 13 and 17, will be housed at the facility
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SAN ANTONIO – Federal officials announced Saturday the opening of a second emergency shelter for unaccompanied migrant children in San Antonio.
The second shelter will be at Joint Base San Antonio Lackland, which has 372 beds. This is a fraction of the space being used at the Freeman Coliseum shelter in East Bexar County, which is housing an estimated 1,800 migrant children.
According to an announcement from the United States Department of Health and Human Services, 100 boys, between the ages of 13 and 17, will arrive at the intake site.