Following the crisis on the South American border, the Pentagon has agreed to transfer thousands of unaccompanied refugee children to two military bases in Texas.
Following recent controversy over the long-term detention of unaccompanied asylum-seeking children at the US border, the Pentagon has agreed to request the transfer of unaccompanied asylum-seeking children detained at the US border to two military bases in Texas.
According to the Russian network “Rashatodi”, “John Kirby” the spokesman of the US Department of Defense last night (Wednesday night) in the local time in a statement announcing the news stated that the US Army at the request of the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) for ” Temporary Accommodation »Minor asylum seekers in military facilities have agreed.
According to the report, unaccompanied asylum-seeking children are to be transferred to Lockland Air Base at San Antonio Joint Base in Texas and Fort Bliss Base in Texas.
The US Department of Health and Welfare has requested that 5,000 refugee children be held at the Fort Bliss military base and 300 asylum seekers at Lockland, but it is unclear whether the Pentagon has agreed to this request.
The transfer of refugee children to two Texas military bases comes as US President Joe Biden‘s policies to facilitate the reception of asylum seekers have prompted a large influx of asylum seekers from neighboring US countries to the southern border.
Recently, images of refugee shelters have been released showing refugee children in crowded, small rooms sleeping on the ground in poor conditions.
At the same time as the release of images of US border shelters, the Biden administration has come under fire for its reluctance to provide media access to immigrant centers.