New tent facilities to be built in South Texas to house migrants
New tent facilities to be built in South Texas to house migrants
Posted: Jan 20, 2021 / 03:35 PM GMT-0600 / Updated: Jan 20, 2021 / 03:35 PM GMT-0600
Construction crews are seen from a nearby highway on Monday, July 15, 2019, working on the expansion of a tent facility in Donna, Texas. The three large tents had the ability to house 1,200 migrants but were closed in 2020. (Border Report File Photo/Sandra Sanchez)
McALLEN, Texas (Border Report) U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials are planning to build more soft-sided tent facilities in the South Texas cities of Donna and Laredo to house an anticipated influx of migrant youth crossing the Southwest border.