KGUN9 reporter Rikki Mitchell is covering the influx of unaccompanied children at the U.S.-Mexico border. A new shelter will be made from former college housing.
Re: influx of minors, new shelter opening in Tucson soon, will house unaccompanied alien children. Used to be college housing. @kgun9
— Rikki Mitchell (@RikkiMitchell) June 14, 2014
Southwest Key will run shelter. They are a non-profit contracted by Fed. Gov't. City says they can move in at any time. @kgun9
— Rikki Mitchell (@RikkiMitchell) June 14, 2014
Move in at any time? That’s awfully generous. How many thousand again?
@HHSGov says some children come to US because of violence, abuse or persecution in home country. Others trying to find family already here
— Rikki Mitchell (@RikkiMitchell) June 14, 2014
Some even brought here by human trafficking rings, according to @HHSGov
— Rikki Mitchell (@RikkiMitchell) June 14, 2014
Editor’s note: The headline has been changed to correct a typo.
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