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Emergency sites for migrant children raising safety concerns

by Nomaan MerchantAdriana Gomez-Licon
| March 18, 2021 6:06 PM

McALLEN, Texas (AP) — The U.S. government has stopped taking immigrant teenagers to a converted camp for oil field workers in West Texas as it faces questions about the safety of emergency sites it is quickly setting up to hold children crossing the southern border.

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