Feds scrap plans to open center for migrant kids in Lakewood
WASHINGTON — In a surprise reversal, federal officials Friday said the Obama administration no longer plans to open a 1,000-bed facility for migrant children at the Federal Center in Lakewood.
The change comes less than two months after the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services announced it wanted to convert a warehouse at the Federal Center into a temporary home for children who enter the country illegally.
The idea was to open the facility by April, but HHS officials said a preliminary assessment of the warehouse revealed that renovations would take a year to complete and that it would cost between $28 million and $37 million.
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In this Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2014 photo, children play kickball at the Karnes County Residential Center, a temporary home for immigrant women and children detained at the border, in Karnes City, Texas. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
