US to open more beds for immigrant children as numbers rise

by NOMAAN MERCHANT | Associated Press

Sat, March 6th 2021, 12:27 AM UTC

FILE - In this Sept. 10, 2014, file photo, detained immigrant children enter the cafeteria at the Karnes County Residential Center, a detention center for immigrant families, in Karnes City, Texas. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File)

FILE - In this Sept. 10, 2014 file photo, detained immigrant children line up in the cafeteria 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, File)

FILE - Heidi Turpin, left, dressed as President Donald Trump, holds up a sign next to her husband, Jim, during a protest against detaining migrant children, Thursday, July 4, 2019, in Austin, Texas. (Nick Wagner/Austin American-Statesman via AP)

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FILE - In this Sept. 10, 2014, file photo, detained immigrant children enter the cafeteria at the Karnes County Residential Center, a detention center for immigrant families, in Karnes City, Texas. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File)

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