Texas Border Business
Washington – Today, Congressman Henry Cuellar (TX-28) released the following update regarding Department of Homeland Security (DHS) facilities for alien family populations:
The Department of Defense (DoD) has received a request for assistance from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to house and care for an alien family population of up to 12,000 people. DHS requests that DoD identify any available facilities that could be used for that purpose.
If facilities are not available, DoD has been asked to identify available DoD land and construct semi-separate, soft-sided camp facilities capable of sheltering up to 4,000 people, at three separate locations.
DHS prefers the facilities to be built in Texas, Arizona, New Mexico, or California to enable access to and supervision of the sites and to comply with the 1997 Flores Settlement Agreement’s provision that “reasonable efforts to provide licensed placements in those geographical areas where the majority of minors are apprehended.”
DHS requires the requested capacity to house 2,000 people within 45 days. A timeline will be developed to add additional capacity.
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Congressman Cuellar’s Appropriations Language on Detention Centers
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