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In reply to the discussion: Remember those children kidnapped at the border? [View all]pazzyanne
(6,555 posts)32. The difference between where they were being housed and
the tent city where they are now is very different.
"The tent city in Tornillo, on the other hand, is unregulated, except for guidelines created by the Department of Health and Human Services. For example, schooling is not required there, as it is in regular migrant children shelters."
The article at the link does a great job of showing what is happening. You can draw your own conclusions.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/30/us/migrant-children-tent-city-texas.html
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There are now about 13,000 children who are being sent to the Texas tent cities.
pazzyanne
Oct 2018
#22
I hope a fair vote is allowed to happen. I don't trust our government. Mission Accomplished
erronis
Oct 2018
#23
Yes. But history is only written/read by the ultimate victors. The corpses don't.
erronis
Oct 2018
#25