Former oilfield worker camp in rural Texas becomes government's newest holding center for detaining migrant children after they leave Border Patrol stations.
A former oilfield worker camp off a dirt road in rural Texas has become the U.S. government's newest holding center for detaining migrant children after they leave Border Patrol stations, where complaints of overcrowding and filthy conditions have sparked a worldwide outcry.
The government said the holding center will give it much-needed capacity to take in more children from the Border Patrol and prevent their detention in stations like the one in Clint, Texas, where lawyers last month reported some 250 youngsters were being held in cells with inadequate food, water and sanitation. Of the children held at Carrizo Springs, 21 had previously been detained at Clint, HHS spokesman Mark Weber said.
"All of this is part of a morally bankrupt system," said Rep. Joaquin Castro, a San Antonio Democrat. A series of tents serves as the infirmary, with nurses on hand treating a few children for lice and flu-like symptoms.
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