1000 Immigrant Children
Surging Over Texas Border
The U.S. Health and
Human Services Commission will bus more than 1,000 undocumented immigrants to
facilities in Ellis County and Rockwall counties as soon as Thursday, WFAA has
learned.
The children were
captured in the Rio Grande Valley trying to enter the U.S. illegally.
WFAA has learned that
children bound for Ellis County will be housed at a church camp between
Waxahachie and Maypearl.
Officials in Ellis
County said they just learned of the federal plan Wednesday morning.
“My concern is, I don’t
believe that’s a secure facility,” said Ellis County Commissioner Paul Perry.
“It’s designed for hospitality.”
There’s one adult for
every eight children coming, sources said.
“The City of Rockwall
has been advised by Congressman John Ratcliffe’s office that about 300
unaccompanied refugees between the ages of 12 and 18 from Central America will
be located by the Texas Health and Human Services Commission to a private
facility in the unincorporated area of Rockwall County,” Rockwall County Judge
David Sweet said.
Those children will be
housed for up to 21 days at Sabine Creek Ranch in Rockwall County. There was no
word on when children will arrive there.
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