A tent city in the west Texas desert set up to hold immigrant children has expanded its capacity by nearly 10 times to 3,800 beds since it opened in June, officials said on Friday.
The facility in the border city of Tornillo sprang up with 400 beds when the Trump administration put into place its 'zero tolerance' policy that called for separating parents from children after families crossed the border from Mexico illegally.
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- Thousands of children still separated from parents at the border
- Officials consider asking parents to make dire border choice: detention or separation?
- Locking Up the Children
- Tucson woman wants to make sure kids don't lose their deported parents
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