Federal government considers two more California sites to house unaccompanied migrant children
Federal government considers two more California sites to house unaccompanied migrant children
- April 3, 2021
- Louis DeSipio, Chicano/Latino studies and political science, Los Angeles Times, Yahoo News, The Sacramento Bee, The San Diego Union-Tribune, April 3, 2021
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Most military bases are too remote to be holding migrant children, said Louis DeSipio, a political science professor at UC Irvine. Convention centers are a better fit, he said. “They also need to ensure that the child migrants are safe and not further traumatized,” he said. “The image of the military might be hard for many of the Central American migrants.”
For the full story, please visit https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2021-04-03/federal-government-considers-two-more-california-sites-to-house-unaccompanied-migrant-children.
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