Immigrant Children Find U.S. Support as Some Oppose Help Officials from California to Vermont, reacting to images of immigrant children sleeping in crowded conditions, are offering them shelter even as fellow lawmakers, sometimes in the same state, oppose the move. As 1,000 Texas National Guard troops under orders from Governor Rick Perry move to secure the state’s border with Mexico, Dallas County is awaiting word on whether the federal government will send children to an abandoned warehouse and school in Dallas, and a former school in Grand Prairie. “Overall, people want to help,” said Elba Garcia, a county commissioner. “They understand a lot of these kids are refugees. We are waiting for them to tell us which site has been selected and for them to select a contractor to run the site.” About 57,000 children fleeing gangs and drug cartels in Guatemala, El Salvador and Honduras have crossed the U.S. border illegally since October and turned themselves in to authorities. The deluge led to photos of motherless immigrants sleeping in crowded facilities and left the federal government scrambling to find housing for the children while they await legal proceedings. With 3,000 more unaccompanied children expected to reach the U.S. border by the end of September, some governors, mayors and [...] newsintx/immigrant-children-find-u-s-support-as-some-oppose-help/
Posted on: Wed, 23 Jul 2014 09:02:30 +0000
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