Dallas County judge announces plan to house up to 2,000 children from Texas border
Dallas County Judge Clay Jenkins said Saturday that the county would house and care for hundreds of unaccompanied children in the country illegally from Central American and Mexico.
Jenkins told delegates at the Texas Democratic Convention that the federal government would pick up the cost for the effort, which would be centered in Dallas and another city inside the county.
The unaccompanied minors could start arriving here at the end of July, Jenkins said.
“My hope is that when Dallas County steps up, the state and others will step up as well,” Jenkins said in a news conference after his convention speech.
More at http://trailblazersblog.dallasnews.com/2014/06/clay-jenkins-announces-plan-for-county-to-house-up-to-2000-children-from-texas-border.html/ .
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