Dallas' Emergency Shelter For Unaccompanied Minors From Southern Border Set To Close By End Of Month

Dallas TX

13 May, 2021

2:17 PM

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CBS Dallas/Fort Worth May 13, 2021 The Dallas emergency shelter at the Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center for unaccompanied minors picked up at the Southern Border is set to shut down by the end of the month. Some 2,200 teenaged boys were moved there in March, but since then, that number has declined significantly, to 793, according to the Department of Health and Human Services. The shelter was established to alleviate the massive influx of children crossing the Mexico border without parents. CBS Local Digital Media personalizes the global reach of CBS-owned and operated television and radio stations with a local perspective.