Unaccompanied Minors Arrive at San Diego Convention Center Shelter

Vice Chairman of the San Diego County Board of Supervisors, Nora Vargas (4th from left), gave a speech at a press briefing inside San Diego Convention Center on March 27, 2021, alongside San Diego Mayor Todd Gloria (3rd from left) and congressional representatives Reps Mike Levin (not shown on photo), Sara Jacobs, Juan Vargas and Scott Peters (L-R) Jane Yang/Epoch Times

SAN DIEGO, California—The San Diego Convention Center, which has hosted the San Diego Comic-Con since 1971, has now transformed its exhibit halls into a temporary shelter.

On March 27, the first 500 unaccompanied minors who have recently entered the United States as part of a surge of illegal immigrants at the southern border arrived in San Diego from Texas.

Unaccompanied Girls

San Diego Mayor Todd Gloria told media on March 27 that the San Diego Convention Center shelter is only taking unaccompanied girls aged 13 to 17 who are being transferred from Texas shelters.