US to close family detention center in New Mexico
Source: AP
WASHINGTON (AP) —The Obama administration will close a temporary family immigration detention center in rural New Mexico by the end of the year, The Associated Press has learned.
The government told some members of Congress about its plans Tuesday, and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement later confirmed the closure to the AP. The administration indicated the facility was no longer needed because they are expanding jails elsewhere.
The Homeland Security Department opened the detention center at the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center in Artesia, New Mexico, in late June amid a crush of tens of thousands of Central American families caught crossing the border illegally. The facility had space to jail about 700 people facing deportation.
Since the facility was opened, a few hundred people have been deported to their home countries in Central America.
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