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April 19, 2019

Trump Admin to Spend $40 Million on New Immigration Detention Camps
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The Trump administration is planning to spend $40 million to build a
pair of tent cities to imprison migrant families-including children-in
southern Texas. Kevin Mc Aleenan said Wednesday the camps would be
temporary, calling them part of a strategy to ease strain on Border
Patrol agents in El Paso and at other U.S. ports of entry. Critics say
the move is aimed at indefinitely detaining whole families in squalid
conditions, in a further bid to deter migrants from seeking asylum in
the U.S.


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