Biden administration opens second child migrant facility in Carrizo Springs amid escalating crisis

The Biden administration introduced Tuesday that it’s opening a second facility to course of child migrants in Carrizo Springs, Texas — the latest move by the administration to deal with a surge in migrant numbers on the border.

The Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) stated that the facility, referred to as Carrizo Springs II, will accommodate 500 unaccompanied youngsters (UACs) in hard-sided buildings.

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“Additional semi-permanent [soft-sided] capacity may be added if necessary, though ORR will always prioritize placing children in hard-sided structures over semi-permanent structures,” an ORR spokesperson stated.

The opening of the primary Carrizo Springs facility had been introduced in early February, however numbers of unaccompanied youngsters, and migrants on the border extra broadly, have dramatically elevated since then.

The company stated it has roughly 13,500 beds, however further beds are wanted “to manage both enhanced COVID-19 mitigation strategies and the increasing numbers of UC referrals from DHS.”

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HHS introduced simply days in the past that it was opening the Target Lodge Pecos North property in Texas. An announcement stated it may probably maintain as much as 2,000 minors.

The announcement of Carrizo Springs II comes the identical day because the Pentagon announced it has acquired a request for help from HHS to deal with migrant youngsters at Fort Bliss and Joint Base San Antonio in Texas.

Meanwhile, San Diego, over the weekend, agreed to open its convention center to the federal authorities to be used as a short lived shelter. City officers stated they might help the “federally funded effort by providing vital services to these vulnerable children who came to our country seeking safety.”

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More than 100,000 migrants have been encountered on the border in February —  9,457 of whom have been unaccompanied youngsters.

A Customs and Border Protection official told Fox News last week that the variety of migrant youngsters in federal custody has surged previous 4,000 with roughly 94% of beds for migrant youngsters occupied. Migrant youngsters are coming into federal custody far sooner than they’re leaving it, creating an unsustainable backlog, the supply stated.

Fox News’ Brooke Singman, Lucas Tomlinson and Evie Fordham contributed to this report.