Texas ‘Tent City’ Shows New U.S. Border Crisis, Senator Warns
- Confusion reigns over Trump administration’s border plans
- Colorado GOP member has issued rare criticism of White House
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Lawmakers who visited what’s been called a tent city for unaccompanied immigrant children termed conditions there livable, yet voiced concerns about what’s next for them amid confusion about the family reunification process.
“I’m very worried that we’re headed from one humanitarian crisis to another,” New Mexico Senator Tom Udall said on Saturday after touring the temporary detention facility in Tornillo, Texas, for children ages 13 to 17. The camp holds mostly boys, but seven girls arrived on Saturday and will be housed separately.