Tent courthouses for migrants to open along Texas border, as questions abound
By Molly Hennessy-Fiske, Los Angeles Times
Sep. 9--LAREDO, Tx. -- Workers climbed atop a massive new U.S. immigration tent court on the banks of the Rio Grande at dawn Monday, adding the last few nails to the white roof, as generators hummed.
A line of people snaked across the nearby border bridge, streaming into the U.S. from Mexico to travel, work and go to school, passing by the fenced walkway to the new 36, 000 square-foot tent court complex.
Months after construction began, much about Homeland Security's $25-million tent courts in South Texas remains a mystery, even to lawyers who expect to represent their migrant clients as soon as this week. What day the hearings will begin, where lawyers should file paperwork and even whether attorneys can meet their clients beforehand--all remain unanswered questions in this border town.
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