{"id":196150,"date":"2021-03-07T12:00:13","date_gmt":"2021-03-07T17:00:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=196150"},"modified":"2021-03-07T12:00:15","modified_gmt":"2021-03-07T17:00:15","slug":"cdc-will-allow-migrant-camps-for-children-to-operate-at-100-capacity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cdc-will-allow-migrant-camps-for-children-to-operate-at-100-capacity\/","title":{"rendered":"CDC Will Allow Migrant Camps For Children To Operate At 100% Capacity"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fcdc-will-allow-migrant-camps-for-children-to-operate-at-100-capacity%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=196150&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/GettyImages-1304126876.jpg?w=1200&#038;h=800&#038;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>The Biden administration and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said Saturday that newly re-opened migrant detention facilities, that will house \u201cunaccompanied minors\u201d who are seeking asylum, may operate at 100% capacity despite the risk for COVID-19 transmission \u2014 and despite recommendations that many other facilities, including schools serving the same population, stay well below 100% capacity.<\/p>\n<p>The CDC has, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/cdc-child-migrant-shelter-full-capacity-coronavirus-41d1ae80-1ecf-4815-a755-7b01fac5850b.html\">according to Axios<\/a>, drafted a memo supporting such a plan, but also warning the federal government that facilities should \u201cplan for and expect to have COVID-19 cases.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Biden administration is scrambling to find housing for thousands of unaccompanied migrants coming across the United States-Mexico border, particularly as reports indicate that the number of unaccompanied migrants is expected to smash existing records by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/number-of-unaccompanied-minors-crossing-border-on-pace-to-shatter-records\">an astounding 45%, according to the Domestic Policy Council<\/a>, which briefed the president on the issue last week. The DPC reportedly told President Joe Biden that 20,000 additional beds will be needed if the influx stays at the current rate of around 320 children per day.<\/p>\n<p>In response, the Biden administration appears to believe no option is off the table as far as housing the child migrants. Last week, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/report-biden-admin-plans-to-reopen-juvenile-detention-facility-dems-including-kamala-harris-once-accused-of-abuse\">Newsweek reported that the administration\u2019s<\/a> Health and Human Services Department was considering reopening a Homestead, Florida, facility that was the subject of intense debate and regular criticism, including from then-Senator Kamala Harris.<\/p>\n<p>Now, the CDC \u201cis allowing shelters handling child migrants who cross the U.S.-Mexico border to expand to full capacity, abandoning a requirement that they stay near 50% to inhibit the spread of the coronavirus,\u201d according to Axios.<\/p>\n<p>The memo does outline a number of COVID-19 mitigation measures and \u201cencourages operators to continue giving COVID-19 tests to newly-arrived children, follow 14-day quarantine guidelines, wear masks, improve ventilation and ensure they save room for isolating any child who tests positive, among other actions,\u201d per the outlet.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe memo, drafted on CDC letterhead and set for imminent delivery, said the \u2018only available options\u2019 for housing minors who cross the border without their parents are \u2018prolonged stays at [Customs &#038; Border Protection] facilities operating significantly above COVID-19 capacities,\u201d Axios added, noting that the CDC is clear that there is \u201cno 0% risk\u201d scenario where children can be housed together. It also says that there is an assumed risk that migrant children may carry and spread the disease.<\/p>\n<p>The memo \u201cdoes not apply to other group settings,\u201d though, so the CDC was careful to say that while the Biden administration may pack children into migrant detention centers, the agency\u2019s permission should not be considered advice in other scenarios involving children, particularly given that the CDC has not spoken definitively on other child-related issues, like returning to in-classroom learning.<\/p>\n<p>HHS plans to put the memo into action, according to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/biden-administration-child-migrant-centers-to-fill-to-100\">statement from the agency made to Fox News<\/a>. \u201c[B]ased on CDC guidance, [HHS\u2019 Office of Refugee Resettlement] has notified facilities they may temporarily reactivate capacity within their full licensed capability up to safe occupancy levels.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe same instruction applies to influx facilities up to what ORR and the contractor determined to be safe for influx,\u201d the agency said. \u201cIn both instances, reactivating beds must be done in a way that maintains a safe and healthy environment for [unaccompanied children] and staff.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a\u00a0<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><em>member<\/em><\/a><em>.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Biden administration and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said Saturday that newly re-opened migrant detention facilities, that will house \u201cunaccompanied minors\u201d who are seeking asylum, may &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2274950,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/GettyImages-1304126876.jpg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"CDC Will Allow Migrant Camps For Children To Operate At 100% Capacity","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-196150","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/GettyImages-1304126876.jpg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"CDC Will Allow Migrant Camps For Children To Operate At 100% Capacity","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/196150","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=196150"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/196150\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2274950"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=196150"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=196150"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=196150"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}