Elliot Spagat
FILE - In this Wednesday, March 17, 2021, file photo, charter buses arrive at the Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center in Dallas, escorted by Federal Protective Service Police. Reports of unaccompanied migrant children being forced to stay overnight in parked buses at the Dallas convention center are âcompletely unacceptableâ if true, U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra said Friday, May 14, 2021. It s unclear how many children were kept on buses overnight at the convention center. (Lola Gomez/The Dallas Morning News via AP, File) May 14, 2021 - 3:59 PM
Reports of unaccompanied migrant children being forced to stay overnight in parked buses at the Dallas convention center are âcompletely unacceptableâ if true, U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra said Friday.
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Reports of unaccompanied migrant children being forced to stay overnight in parked buses at the Dallas convention center are “completely unacceptable” if true, U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra said Friday.
Dr. Amy Cohen, a psychiatrist and executive director of the advocacy group Every Last One, said a 15-year-old Honduran boy she is working with was held on a bus from Saturday to Wednesday, using the bus bathroom during that time and unable to move about freely or communicate with family. The boy encountered at least three other children who were held as long in the parking lot of the Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center, said Cohen, who also has been in contact with another child who was confined earlier to a bus for an extended period.
Staff member describes conditions inside facility for migrant teens in Dallas
HHS told WFAA that as of May 11 around 793 teens remain at the facility. In April, 588 new teens were brought to the convention center.
Credit: AP
Charter buses arrive at the Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center in Dallas on Wednesday, March 17, 2021, escorted by Federal Protective Service Police. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services confirmed Tuesday, March 16 that the convention center will serve as an emergency intake site to hold teens who have arrived at the U.S.-Mexico border starting Wednesday to decrease overcrowding at Customs and Border Protection facilities. (Lola Gomez/The Dallas Morning News via AP)
As a volunteer at the Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center, I applaud your spotlight on the plight of the boys and urge the Biden administration to give.
Newly elected Southern Baptist Convention President Pastor J.D.Greear, lead pastor of Summit Church in Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina, speaks at a news conference at the Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center in Dallas, Texas, on June 12, 2018. | The Christian Post
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In a development described by Saddleback as “historic,” the church, founded by Rick and Kay Warren, announced that they ordained their first three female pastors, despite being affiliated with the SBC which prohibits female ordination.