Tent City Archives

November 30, 2018

Operators of Tent City for Migrant Kids Say They Want Out But ‘Can’t Abandon the Children’

The private company that has been contracted by the Trump administration is nearing the end of a contract to run the facility.

By Robert Moore

Children and workers are seen at a tent encampment recently built near the Tornillo Port of Entry on June 19, 2018 in Tornillo, Texas.

Border & Immigration|

June 20, 2018

El Paso County Sheriff Prohibits Staff From Moonlighting at Tornillo Tent City for Children

The move by Sheriff Richard Wiles marks a growing chorus of local law enforcement across Texas that is critical of the federal family separation policy.

By Robert Moore

Border & Immigration|

June 16, 2018

Inside Texas’s New Tent City for Children

Texas congressman Will Hurd visits a new detention center and rips Trump's family separation policy.

By Robert Moore

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