HHS opening another migrant facility to house unaccompanied minors in Pecos, Texas
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The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is opening another facility for unaccompanied child migrants in Pecos, Texas, the Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) announced Saturday.
"While ORR has worked to build up its licensed bed capacity to almost 13,500 beds, additional capacity is urgently needed to manage both enhanced COVID-19 mitigation strategies and the increasing numbers of UC referrals from DHS," an ORR spokesperson said. "I got notified about an hour ago from HHS, that they're opening up a new unaccompanied minor facility in PECOS, which is in my district, out in West Texas. This facility is going to house between 500 to 2000, unaccompanied minors, it appears as if they're targeting unused man camps. These are oil facilities where workers, temporary oil workers, house when they're operating in the oil gas industry," Rep. Tony Gonzalez, R-Texas, said on Fox News Saturday. "There is no end in sight, I'm told there's two other facilities, and they're also looking at attending this crisis is getting out of control."More Related News