A tent camp for migrant children in the desert outside El Paso, Texas, will expand to accommodate a growing number of Central American children crossing the border, the Department of Health and Human Services said Tuesday. Children and workers are seen at a tent encampment recently built near the Tornillo Port of Entry on June 19 in Tornillo, Texas. That occurred at the height of Trump’s “zero tolerance” prosecution initiative, a crackdown that separated some 2,500 migrant children from their parents. HHS officials have “worked round the clock to add beds or add shelters to avoid any backup” at the border,” Wolfe added. Minors spend an average of 59 days in HHS custody, up from 51 days in 2017.

Source: thestar September 11, 2018 23:48 UTC