Calif. opens second emergency child migrant center in L.A. County
OAN Newsroom
UPDATED 7:22 AM PT – Monday, May 3, 2021
California has opened another shelter for migrant children. According to reports Sunday. the first group of migrant children started to arrive Saturday evening at the Pomona Fairplex.
Officials said the site can hold up to 2,500 unaccompanied minors and is the second temporary shelter in Los Angeles County.
Some lawmakers have attributed the surge of migrant children at the
U.S. southern border to Joe Biden’s immigration policies, including the
halting of border wall construction.
“These circumstances have invited this activity to our border,” asserted Republican Rep. Clay Higgins of Louisiana.
Officials said the children will stay at the Pomona Fairplex until
they are reunited with family or placed with a sponsor. Authorities
added, the children will be tested for COVID-19 before being transported
to emergency facilities.
