Unaccompanied migrants at the U.S. Customs and Border Protection migrant processing center in El Paso on March 29, 2021. Credit: Ivan Pierre Aguirre for The Texas Tribune
As the Biden administration continues to struggle to address an increase of migrant apprehensions on the U.S.-Mexico border, the White House has become a constant target for Texas Republicans, who have hammered the president over the conditions in federal detention facilities for families and minors.
Beyond that criticism,
the administration is drawing heat after denying
reporters access to detention centers that have swelled well beyond their capacities, an issue given additional attention during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Among those centers are facilities in Carrizo Springs, the Dallas convention center and Fort Bliss, an Army base in El Paso.
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Gov. Abbott addresses border crisis as Dallas convention center opens to house unaccompanied minors
The convention center has been leased for 75 days and the goal of the facility is rapid reunification with their families. Author: WFAA Staff Updated: 9:10 PM CDT March 17, 2021
DALLAS
Updated at 9:05 p.m. with details from Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center.
Gov. Greg Abbott said Wednesday that President Joe Biden and his administration were ill-prepared to handle the influx of unaccompanied immigrant minors at the border.
Biden had a message for migrants on Tuesday: Don t come over. Don t leave your town or city or community, he added, addressing the migrants and unaccompanied minors that have been coming to the country s southern border.