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San Diego Using Huge Convention Center To House Unaccompanied Migrant Children

Hank Berrien
San Diego Using Huge Convention Center To House Unaccompanied Migrant Children
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On Monday, due to the dramatic rise in unaccompanied minor immigrant children at the southern border of the United States, the city of San Diego, California announced that it would use the massive San Diego Convention Center to house many of them.

San Diego Mayor Todd Gloria and San Diego County Board of Supervisors chair Nathan Fletcher acknowledged that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services could use the center as a temporary shelter. They stated:

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