Border Patrol Wants to Build New Tent to Detain Migrants

The U.S. Border Patrol said Friday that it plans to open a second tent facility to detain migrants in South Texas
Border Patrol Wants to Build New Tent to Detain Migrants
A security guard enters a new U.S. Customs and Border Protection temporary facility near the Donna International Bridge in Donna, Texas, on May 2, 2019. Eric Gay/Photo via AP
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HOUSTON—The U.S. Border Patrol said Friday, May 10, that it plans to open a second tent facility to detain migrants in South Texas next to one it opened last week.

In a statement, the agency said the 500-person tent it opened in Donna, Texas, is already beyond capacity. The statement cited the large numbers of migrant parents and children crossing into the United States, many of them asylum seekers from Central America.