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According to the city, the Long Beach facility primarily housed girls aged 5 and older, with most housed for an average of 19 days. (Paige Austin/Patch)
LONG BEACH, CA An emergency shelter at the Long Beach Convention Center housing migrant children who arrived unaccompanied at the U.S.-Mexico border closed a week ahead of schedule Friday, with all children placed with families or sponsors.
According to the city, 1,538 children were brought to the center since it opened on April 22. The facility had a capacity to hold up to 1,000 children at a time.
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services had previously announced plans to begin closing some of the shelters, which were opened in multiple states to provide alternative temporary housing for migrant children amid an uptick in activity at the border.