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Facility for teen immigrant girls in Houston closes, hundreds of unaccompanied minors moved
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By: Scripps National , The Associated Press
Posted at 12:17 PM, Apr 19, 2021
and last updated 2021-04-19 15:17:08-04
HOUSTON â The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services removed about 450 immigrant girls from a facility in Houston over the weekend, closing the site.
HHS said the girls were removed from the Emergency Intake Site for Unaccompanied Children operated by the National Association of Christian Churches where they were housed since April 1.
Unaccompanied migrant children to arrive at JBSA Lackand
Approximately 100 boys between 13 and 17 will receive medical checks, clothing, food and shelter as HHS works to find more permanent homes for them. Author: KENS 5 Updated: 3:33 PM CDT April 17, 2021
SAN ANTONIO An Emergency Intake Site at JBSA Lackland will begin welcoming unaccompanied migrant children on Saturday, according to a release from the HHS Administration for Children and Families.
Approximately 100 boys between 13 and 17 will receive medical checks, clothing, food and shelter. The release said that this is part of the Biden Administration s push to get these children out of Customs and Border Patrol facilities and placed with family members other suitable sponsors, or long-term care quickly and safely.
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HOUSTON (AP) - A facility in Houston that housed girls who crossed U.S. border unaccompanied is being closed and the girls immediately moved, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services said Saturday.
About 450 girls housed since April 1 in an Emergency Intake Site for Unaccompanied Children operated by the National Association of Christian Churches near Bush Intercontinental Airport were being moved.
“The NACC Houston EIS and other Emergency Intake Sites are intended for use as a temporary measure,” HHS said in a statement.
Updated 4 hours ago
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About 100 unaccompanied migrant children arrived at the Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland Emergency Intake Site on Saturday, the first group to be sheltered at the facility.
The site, which was announced in March, is part of an effort from the Biden administration to move migrant children out of U.S. Customs and Border Protection facilities.
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The site will provide shelter for 13 to 17-year-old boys and can hold up to 372 beds, according to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families.