Unaccompanied Minors to be Temporarily Housed at Long Beach Convention Center
Up to 1,000 unaccompanied minors who illegally crossed into the United States will soon be housed at California’s Long Beach Convention Center, the city council ruled in a unanimous vote.
Amid the ongoing crisis at the southern border, unaccompanied minors who are soon to be reunified with family members or sponsors will be allowed to seek shelter at the facility, in a move that will be fully funded by the federal government.
The Long Beach Convention Center will provide food, schooling, and medical and mental health care for as many as 1,000 unaccompanied minors at a time for up to three months, CBS Los Angeles reported.
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Young unaccompanied migrants, ages 3-9, watch TV inside a playpen at the Donna Department of Homeland Security holding facility in Texas Rio Grande Valley, March 30, 2021. (Photo by Dario Lopez-Mills/POOL/AFP)
The Long Beach City Council unanimously approved a plan Tuesday night to convert the city s convention center into a temporary shelter for up to 1,000 unaccompanied migrant children.
The site will be run by the U.S Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and FEMA. The agencies have already set up similar shelters at convention centers in San Diego and Dallas because of overcrowding at Border Patrol facilities.