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Biden administration converts oil field man camp into shelter for migrant children
Lauren Villagran, El Paso Times
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Migrant children at a shelter for unaccompanied minors Friday, April 9, 2021, in Pecos. The property is owned by Target Hospitality. It was formally being used by oil field workers for lodging while at a job worksite. It is now housing migrant children.
PECOS, Texas – Maria Baeza Valeriano opened her front door to the view of a closed-down hotel and an oil workers’ camp, where migrant boys played soccer behind a shaded chain-link fence.
“I feel so bad for them, for being all alone,” said Baeza Valeriano, who, in her 80s, is a mother of five, grandmother of 19 and great-grandmother of eight. “It’s a lot, that the parents let their children go. I wouldn’t let go of my children for anything.” ....

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