Child migrants: First photos emerge of Biden-era detention centres – By BBC Newsroom (BBC) / Mar 22 2021
The Biden administration has said it will open additional facilities for migrants after images from a detention centre in Texas showed children huddled together in crowded makeshift rooms.
The Texas site, a government-run tent city in Donna at the US-Mexico border, is reportedly housing 1,000 people.
The photos are the first to show conditions at such facilities since President Joe Biden took office.
Critics have blamed Mr Biden for a surge in illegal migration to the US.
Since taking office in January, Mr Biden has removed some of the restrictions for those entering the US introduced by his predecessor, Donald Trump.
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