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Source: Sacramento Bee
MEXICO CITY -- With tension flaring on the U.S.-Mexico border over the illegal crossing of thousands of young immigrants from Central America, Gov. Jerry Brown said after meeting with religious leaders here Tuesday that he would support additional shelters for the minors in California.
Certainly Id do everything I could to make sure California will do its part to shelter any young children that are in need of protection, the Democratic governor told reporters after meeting with José Horacio Gómez, the Mexico-born archbishop of Los Angeles, and several other religious leaders. There are already a number of young immigrants, or young refugees, in Ventura, and I certainly would support additional shelters to deal with the particular immediate challenge we have.
The image of Brown, a former seminarian, conferring with clergy in Mexicos capital city reflected the intensity of the border crisis here, but also a decades-long shift in Californias approach to immigration.
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