![]() ![]() “It is not easy to stand something up like this quickly, and do it right, but I think you can see that this is a place where kids can be healthy and safe,” Becerra said of the Pomona facility. Advocates have said Fort Bliss, which Becerra visited days ago without allowing media to accompany him, has been particularly problematic. With its existing buildings and green spaces, the Pomona site had some advantages over places like Fort Bliss Army base near El Paso, Texas, where the government’s largest shelter was erected as a tent camp from scratch, Becerra said. Teachers from the Pomona Unified School District provide 90-minute classes twice a week to each child, with half the time spent developing their English skills. Staff at the shelter roam the dorms and outdoor spaces to be on alert for any emergencies. Video shows guards walking away during fire that killed 38 The facility was a sharp contrast to conditions reported at other emergency shelters, where children have complained of foul-smelling food, little outdoor recreational space and having to spend their days sleeping with little to do and no knowledge of when they would be released to relatives in the United States. Two journalists from The Associated Press were allowed to accompany them and shared notes and photos of the tour with other news outlets as part of a pool arrangement. Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra, whose agency is in charge of caring for migrant children, was joined by elected officials as he toured the shelter housing nearly 1,400 children at the Los Angeles County fairgrounds in the city of Pomona. The Biden administration on Friday gave a rare look inside an emergency shelter it opened to house migrant children who crossed the U.S.-Mexico border alone, calling the California facility a model among its large-scale sites. ![]() Some kids laid on the cots reading, while others played cards nearby with caseworkers. Dormitory beds were organized into small pods with a TV in each section. Teenage boys chased down soccer balls on grassy fields. Digital Replica Edition Home Page Close Menu ![]()
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