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Updated: 10:57 PM EDT May 6, 2021 WXII12.com Web Staff The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is considering an unused property in Greensboro to house youth refugees.Greensboro and Guilford County officials met with representatives from DHHS on Tuesday to conduct a site assessment of the American Hebrew Academy facility at 4334 Hobbs Road, which is not being used. The facility is one of several sites across the country identified as unused property for potential use as temporary influx housing for unaccompanied migrant children, Greensboro officials confirmed Thursday. This consideration is not facilitated by city or county government. The federal government is looking at the property.DHHS officials say Greensboro and Guilford County are uniquely situated to be a candidate for the proposed youth village because of its extraordinary transportation options, rich network of international support services, and history of refugee resettlement. DHHS say
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The cost of housing tens of thousands of migrant children who have come across the southern border since President Joe Biden took office has reached $3 billion, according to a report.
The Biden administration dished out massive federal contracts to private companies and nonprofit groups in its first 100 days to house children in government custody after federal facilities were stretched to their limits.
Between January and March, more than 33,000 unaccompanied children were picked up at the border, which is more than the number of children who came across in the previous 12 months combined. Children are held an average of one month while the government searches for an adult sponsor in the United States to discharge them to as they go through immigration proceedings. As of early May, nearly 25,000 children are in government custody, separated from their parents.
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GREENSBORO â The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is considering using the site of the former American Hebrew Academy as a relocation center for unaccompanied immigrant children as they await reunion with family members in the U.S.
Melvin Skip Alston, chairman of the Guilford County Board of Commissioners, said Thursday that HHS officials came to Greensboro Tuesday to inspect the dormitory and classroom buildings at the academy campus to consider whether it would be suitable.
Alston said he is not sure when the government will make a decision, but such a center would have a big impact on Greensboro.
Vice President Kamala Harris held a virtual meeting with Mexican President Manuel Lopez Obrador Friday
After months of wearing a mask both indoors and out, she removed it for this Zoom meeting
She is taking the lead on exploring root causes of the immigration surge that overwhelmed border processing facilities this spring
Lopez Obrador made a pitch for a tree planting program for Central America that he also floated at Biden s White House climate summit