(The Center Square) – The federal government on Wednesday began transferring unaccompanied immigrant minors to the Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center in Dallas. Gov. Greg Abbott also held a news
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.
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For weeks we ve heard the Biden Administration describe their immigration and border security policies as humane. But today Texas officials, including Child Sex Trafficking Team Director Andrea Sparks, detailed the inhumanity of Biden s policies and horrific details about how unaccompanied minors are exploited. We are very concerned at the child sex trafficking team about the youth and the children who are coming across the border. They are in a perfect storm of vulnerability, Sparks said. They are scared. They are confused and they are very likely to end up in the hands of an exploiter from what we know about human trafficking and how it works.
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.