SAN DIEGO (KUSI) – As early as this week, the U.S. government will use a convention center in downtown Dallas to house 3,000 immigrant teenagers to ameliorate the migrant surge at the southern border.
Specifically, the Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center will house the youth for up to 90 days, as stated in a written notification for members of the Dallas City Council.
Generally, the U.S. Border Patrol is not supposed to detain children for more than three days.
However, the Border Patrol is holding children longer than that time because there is such little space in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
Homeland chief rejects GOP border label, says ‘crisis’ better describes Trump’s use of family separation to deter migrants
Alejandro Mayorkas’ definition of ‘crisis’ is ‘a nation is willing to rip a 9-year-old child out of the hands of his or her parent.’
Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas speaks during a White House news briefing on March 1, 2021.(Demetrius Freeman)
WASHINGTON Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, ending the Biden administration’s semantic dance over the “crisis” label Republicans have applied to a recent border surge, shot back Wednesday that he would reserve that label for the cruel Trump-era policy of family separations.
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Homeland Security secretary testifies on border crisis
Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas appeared before the House Homeland Security Committee for the first time amid the crisis at the southern border.Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images
Homeland Security chief Alejandro Mayorkas was grilled by lawmakers Wednesday amid the migrant surge at the southern border.
A record increase in crossing attempts by unaccompanied migrant children continues to overwhelm Border Patrol resources in the southwest.
By QUINN OWEN and LUKE BARR, ABC News
(WASHINGTON) Homeland Security chief Alejandro Mayorkas will appear before Congress for the first time as secretary on Wednesday, amid the humanitarian crisis at the southern border.
A record increase in crossing attempts by unaccompanied migrant children continues to overwhelm Border Patrol resources in the southwest.
Mayorkas has led the deployment of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and oversaw the reassignment of personnel from other areas of the country to aid authorities on the front lines.
This week, the number of minors in Border Patrol custody ballooned to more than 4,200, according to sources familiar with the data.
Biden Administration regarding the plan to house migrant teens in
Dallas convention center.
Abbott says
White House officials need to reveal if teens are being tested for coronavirus, if they ve been exposed to any variants, and if quarantine protocols are being followed. The governor also wants to know who will take care of the minors if they end up getting coronavirus.
The administration plans to put around three-thousand teens in
Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center for 90 days starting today. The moves are due to a surge of unaccompanied teens at the Texas-Mexico border.
Abbott wants
DPS to have access to the convention center and other holding centers to find out if they were subject to human trafficking.