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Tag: Tornillo

Immigration

Government Plans Dramatic Expansion Of Migrant Child Shelters

JOHN BURNETT, NPR

Posted on July 3, 2019 · The government wants to avoid the kind of scandal that occurred in Clint, Texas, where scores of immigrant children were warehoused together.

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Immigration

Tornillo Tent City For Youth Migrants Is Now Empty, Texas Congressman Says

Matthew Watkins, Texas Tribune

Posted on January 14, 2019 · "This tent city should never have stood in the first place," U.S. Rep. Will Hurd said Friday on Twitter.

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Immigration

Several Thousand Migrant Children In U.S. Custody Could Be Released Before Christmas

JOHN BURNETT, NPR

Posted on December 19, 2018 · In a surprise policy change, the Department of Health and Human Services plans to speed the vetting of sponsors so that more migrant children can be released from custody.

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Immigration

Congressional Delegation Calls For Shutdown Of Tornillo Facility

Mallory Falk, Texas Standard

Posted on December 17, 2018 · Democratic lawmakers --including Texas Congressman Beto O’Rourke-- toured the facility, where 2,700 migrant children are housed in tents.

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Lawmakers Raise Concerns About Safety Of Migrant Children At Texas Detention Camp

Becky Fogel, The Texas Standard

Posted on November 29, 2018 · An AP investigation has revealed the Trump administration waived FBI fingerprint background checks for roughly 2,100 staff members working at the facility.

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Immigration

US Waived FBI Checks On Staff At Growing Teen Migrant Camp

GARANCE BURKE, AP / Martha Mendoza, AP

Posted on November 27, 2018 · None of the 2,100 staffers at a tent city holding more than 2,300 teens in the remote Texas desert are going through rigorous FBI fingerprint background checks.

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Tornillo Detention Center For Immigrant Children Will Remain Open At Least Another Month

Julián Aguilar, The Texas Tribune

Posted on July 9, 2018 · The immigration detention center, which held more than 300 minors two weeks ago, will remain open at least through Aug. 13, according to a federal agency.

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Operator Of Migrant Facility In Tornillo Says It Might Not Stay Open Past July 13 When Contract Expires

Julián Aguilar, The Texas Tribune

Posted on June 25, 2018 · An official with the company operating the facility slammed the Trump administration's "zero tolerance" policy as a "dumb, stupid decision."

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Mayors From Across The Country Tried To Visit A Tent City Holding Immigrant Children In Texas; They Got No Answers

Julián Aguilar, The Texas Tribune

Posted on June 21, 2018 · A Thursday trip by a group of mayors yielded no new information about what, if anything, will change inside the detention center for immigrant children after President Donald Trump's executive order to end family separations.

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WATCH: Beto O’Rourke, Veronica Escobar Lead Father’s Day March On Tent City Housing Separated Immigrant Children

HPM Digital Team / Julián Aguilar, The Texas Tribune

Posted on June 17, 2018 · Days after a tent city went up near El Paso, demonstrators near the facility took aim at the Trump administration's policy of separating immigrant children from parents who were seeking asylum.

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