Border Patrol tent facility in Texas evacuated by storm
Texas
by: Associated Press
Posted: May 13, 2021 / 12:05 AM GMT-0600 / Updated: May 13, 2021 / 01:31 PM GMT-0600
DONNA, Texas (AP) — A compound of tents to detain migrant children and families was evacuated for hours this week when struck by fierce winds in Texas’ Rio Grande Valley, authorities said.
All migrants at the Border Patrol’s holding center in Donna, Texas, were moved to other facilities in the Rio Grande Valley, parent agency U.S. Customs and Border Protection said in a statement. Operations resumed at the Donna Processing Facility on Wednesday morning, with new arrivals being admitted.
The U.S. Health and Human Services Department, which has an adjoining tent compound designed for longer stays, evacuated about 150 of 1,320 unaccompanied children held there after one of its dorms suffered storm damage, spokeswoman Isabel Estrada said. The children returned Wednesday morning.
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