Inside the Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center, some children cry uncontrollably on metal cots lined up in rows in a massive hallway, volunteers say. Calls to their families can be few and far between, and they usually only get sunlight when bathing in outdoor showers.
In March, the U.S. Health and Human Services Department announced that up to 3,000 teenage boys would be brought to the convention center. The facility is one of several temporary emergency shelters scattered across the country to house unaccompanied migrant teenagers. The Biden administration set these temporary facilities up because there wasn t enough space in existing ones.
Worries rising about depression and other issues among migrant teens in Dallas emergency shelter
“The goal is to get those kids out of there as soon as possible,” says lawyer-advocate.
Charter buses carrying migrant teenagers arrive under Federal Protective Service escort at the Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center in Dallas on Wednesday, March 17, 2021.(Lola Gomez)
Conditions for about 2,000 migrant teen boys at the temporary emergency shelter in downtown Dallas are worrying advocates and former contract employees.
The boys at the Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center suffer from a lack of fresh air and sunlight, depression and limited access to phones to call their families. Fights have broken out among the boys as tensions have risen.
Settlement reached in case against San Antonio dealership over wrecked Ferrari
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A 2014 Ferrari 458 Spider like this one was the subject of a lawsuit filed against a San Antonio dealership after an employee crashed the vehicle.File photoShow MoreShow Less
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Court documents show an insurer paid almost $231,000 to cover damages related to a wreck involving a 2014 Ferrari 458 Spider similar to this one.File photoShow MoreShow Less
Talk about costly car crashes.
A settlement has been reached in a lawsuit filed by a businessman and his wife alleging that an employee at a San Antonio Ferrari dealership took their 2014 Ferrari 458 Spider to “‘hot-rod’ around town” and then crashed it.