{"id":592188,"date":"2018-06-13T15:27:02","date_gmt":"2018-06-13T21:27:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/?p=592188"},"modified":"2018-06-14T13:38:06","modified_gmt":"2018-06-14T19:38:06","slug":"trump-administration-considers-tent-cities-in-texas-for-immigrant-children","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/2018\/06\/trump-administration-considers-tent-cities-in-texas-for-immigrant-children\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump administration considers tent cities in Texas for immigrant children"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Heath Haussamen \/ NMPolitics.net<\/p>

A scene from the U.S.\/Mexico border. In the foreground, behind a barbed-wire fence, U.S. Border Patrol agents speak with each other in El Paso, Texas. Across the Rio Grande, in the background, is Cuidad Ju\u00e1rez, Mexico.<\/p><\/div>\n

Texas may soon be the site of tent cities that will house immigrant children separated from their parents as a result of the Trump administration’s “zero tolerance” policy, McClatchy reported Tuesday.<\/p>\n

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is eyeing Fort Bliss, an Army base close to El Paso, as a potential location for a cluster of temporary shelters that could house between 1,000 and 5,000 children, McClatchy reported. The department is also considering Dyess Air Force Base in Abilene and Goodfellow Air Force Base in San Angelo.<\/p>\n

Thousands of immigrant children have been separated from their parents in the wake of the new policy, which U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced in April. The policy requires immigration authorities to prosecute adults who enter the country illegally seeking asylum, while children are placed in shelters or with families. The tent city proposal is the Department of Health and Human Services’ latest idea for housing the growing number of children under their care, who are quickly filling shelters.<\/p>\n