Border Patrol facilities holding migrant children are stretched beyond thin, independent monitor finds
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Facilities housing migrant kids are stretched beyond thin, monitor says
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–Hundreds of unaccompanied migrant children could be sent to Camp Roberts Army National Guard facility in the coming weeks.
A memo sent Wednesday to Camp Roberts staff reads, “The Department of Defense has received a request for assistance from the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to temporarily house unaccompanied migrant children. Specifically, HHS has requested use of an area of land at Camp Roberts, California. If the request is approved, we will send you all further instructions.”
The California Department of Health and Human Services is working with Camp Roberts to house migrants between the ages of 4-18-years-old for 4-6 weeks, however, that could be extended for several months, if necessary. The initial request is for 1,500 children to be placed at Camp Roberts, but the figure could go higher. The children will gradually be reunited with family members in the United States or placed in foster families or other appropriate institutions.