What we know about the 1,600 migrant kids Trump is relocating to Texas concentration camp
The Trump administration is currently detaining over 13,000 migrant children in facilities throughout the United States Approximately 1,600 of these children are being moved to a tent concentration camp in West Texas. The conditions are grim.
New York Times reporter Caitlin Dickerson is among the few journalists who've been following the detained migrant children's story. They were separated from their families under Trump's policies.
Hundreds of migrant kids are being shipped each week to a tent city in South Texas, where they won’t get schooling or have full access to lawyers. They’re moved at midnight with only a few hours notice so they don’t try to escape. https://t.co/FsXuZ8ycUi
— Caitlin Dickerson (@itscaitlinhd) September 30, 2018
Most of the kids are from Central America, and Guatemala specifically. The recent relocations have taken place “with little notice on late-night voyages” to the stark tent complex in West Texas, where the separated kids receive no schooling, have no contact with their parents, and have limited or no access to legal representation.
Here’s a look at what’s happening:
Read the rest• Why are they being moved in the middle of the night and without notice?
To avoid escape attempts.
Migrant children are housed in what are known as unsecure facilities, meaning that doors are unlocked and they can technically leave at any time, though they are closely monitored and strongly discouraged from doing so. Several shelter workers explained that children who are on their way to the rapidly expanding tent city in Tornillo, Tex., are being woken up and moved in the middle of the night because they will be less likely to try to run away in the dark.