Border Policy’s Success Strains Resources – Tent City in Texas Among Immigrant Holding Sites Drawing Criticism
Tagged: border, detention, TexasPosted on: February 5th, 2007“Ringed by barbed wire, a futuristic tent city rises from the Rio Grande Valley in the remote southern tip of Texas, the largest camp in a federal detention system rapidly gearing up to keep pace with Washington’s increasing demand for stronger enforcement of immigration laws.
About 2,000 illegal immigrants, part of a record 26,500 held across the United States by federal authorities, will call the 10 giant tents home for weeks, months and perhaps years before they are removed from the United States and sent back to their home countries.”
Curation from Tomás
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