Peter1469
05-23-2019, 09:00 AM
Pentagon agrees to set up tent housing near border for some 7,500 migrants (https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/pentagon-agrees-to-set-up-tent-housing-near-border-for-some-7500-migrants/2019/05/22/6810ee3a-7cfb-11e9-a66c-d36e482aa873_story.html?utm_term=.9494d7f08d8d)
Put them on the Mexican side of the border.
Acting defense secretary Patrick Shanahan has approved a request from the Department of Homeland Security to construct temporary tent housing facilities for 7,500 adult migrants to alleviate what the Pentagon described as an ongoing humanitarian and security crisis on the southern border.
Maj. Chris Miller, a spokesman for the Pentagon, said in a statement late Wednesday that the temporary facilities would house “single adult male and female aliens” processed by Customs and Border Protection and turned over to the custody of Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
The Pentagon will loan and erect tents on prepared land identified by DHS, and conduct site assessments over the next two weeks to determine the scope, cost and timeline to construct the temporary housing facilities in Arizona and Texas, Miller said.
“Military personnel will not operate the facilities and will only erect the tents,” Miller said. “Operating the facilities remains the responsibility of DHS.”
Officials will be conducting the site assessments in the Tucson and Yuma sectors in Arizona and near the Tornillo, Donna, Laredo and Del Rio ports of entry in Texas, according to Miller.
Put them on the Mexican side of the border.
Acting defense secretary Patrick Shanahan has approved a request from the Department of Homeland Security to construct temporary tent housing facilities for 7,500 adult migrants to alleviate what the Pentagon described as an ongoing humanitarian and security crisis on the southern border.
Maj. Chris Miller, a spokesman for the Pentagon, said in a statement late Wednesday that the temporary facilities would house “single adult male and female aliens” processed by Customs and Border Protection and turned over to the custody of Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
The Pentagon will loan and erect tents on prepared land identified by DHS, and conduct site assessments over the next two weeks to determine the scope, cost and timeline to construct the temporary housing facilities in Arizona and Texas, Miller said.
“Military personnel will not operate the facilities and will only erect the tents,” Miller said. “Operating the facilities remains the responsibility of DHS.”
Officials will be conducting the site assessments in the Tucson and Yuma sectors in Arizona and near the Tornillo, Donna, Laredo and Del Rio ports of entry in Texas, according to Miller.