US to Prepare 19,000 Beds for Migrant Children
By Theodore Bunker | Tuesday, 03 May 2022 11:22 AM
The United State Health and Human Services department is preparing as many as 19,000 beds for migrant children arriving at the Southwest border without their parents to be ready by the end of this fiscal year.
Former Office of Refugee Resettlement Director Cindy Huang, who left the post just last week, told CBS News that the number of beds in shelters has almost doubled since President Joe Biden took office, up to about 11,500 beds. The department hopes to have 19,000 beds ready by October, the end of fiscal year 2022 and is prepared to seek additional funding from Congress for more beds if needed.
"One thing we've been working on, and it's a lesson learned from last year, is having capacity that we can dial up and down," Huang said. "What that allows us to do is to respond to whatever level of referrals come, which can be highly unpredictable."
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/border-immigration-children-beds/2022/05/03/id/1068264/
