border crisis

Texas child welfare officials said Wednesday they received three reports alleging abuse and neglect at a San Antonio coliseum that is holding more than 1,600 immigrant teenagers who crossed the southern border.

Released photos of crowded holding facilities for migrants at the border has turned the country’s eyes on the Biden Administration’s handling of the border crisis. The White House and state department officials will travel to Mexico and Guatemala to discuss the cause of the sudden influx of migrants, and how to slow it down.

The U.S. government plans to use the downtown Dallas convention center to hold up to 3,000 immigrant teenagers as sharply higher numbers of border crossings have severely strained the current capacity to hold youths, according to a memo obtained by The Associated Press.