LOS ANGELES — The U.S. government is set to use the Dallas convention center – normally a venue for concerts and sports events – to house up to 3,000 migrant teen boys as it scrambles to address increasing overcrowding at facilities on the U.S.-Mexico border.
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) plan to open the Dallas facility for boys between the ages of 15 and 17 as soon as this week, according to an email from a Dallas city official seen by Reuters.
Nearly 4,300 unaccompanied children were being held by border patrol officials as of Sunday, according to an agency official who requested anonymity to discu…
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