Border Patrol Hopes New ‘Tent City’ for Illegal Immigrants Is Big Enough

Border Patrol Hopes New ‘Tent City’ for Illegal Immigrants Is Big Enough
A Border Patrol truck sits outside a new Border Patrol tent facility for processing and holding illegal immigrants in Donna, Texas, on May 2, 2019. Charlotte Cuthbertson/The Epoch Times
Charlotte Cuthbertson
Charlotte Cuthbertson
Senior Reporter
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DONNA, Texas—A new facility at the U.S.–Mexico border has popped up over the last 13 days by the Donna-Rio Bravo International Bridge in the Rio Grande Valley, Texas.

The facility, a giant 40,000-square-foot tent, will hold 500 illegal immigrants as Border Patrol’s current facilities are bursting at the seams.

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Charlotte Cuthbertson
Charlotte Cuthbertson
Senior Reporter
Charlotte Cuthbertson is a senior reporter with The Epoch Times who primarily covers border security and the opioid crisis.
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