Mass. would house hundreds of migrant children

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Mass. would house hundreds of migrant children
4-month stay envisioned for young immigrants
By Peter Schworm, Michael Levenson and Maria Sacchetti
Globe Staff July 18, 2014


Governor Deval Patrick provided new details Thursday about a federal request to house some of the migrant children crossing the US border, saying he has asked officials to find a location for several hundred Central American children for about four months.

A day after lending his support for a temporary facility, Patrick said the shelter would be secure “without being a jail,” administered by the US Department of Health and Human Services, and allow immigration officials to hold processing hearings for the children.

Camp Edwards, part of an expansive military reservation on Cape Cod that took in evacuees from Hurricane Katrina in 2005, is under consideration.

“It bears remembering they’re children and they’re alone,” Patrick said. “I think we are the kind of country, and the kind of Commonwealth, who can step up.”

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