{"id":386065,"date":"2021-04-03T23:28:34","date_gmt":"2021-04-04T03:28:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=386065"},"modified":"2021-04-03T23:28:38","modified_gmt":"2021-04-04T03:28:38","slug":"calif-military-base-becomes-third-to-house-unaccompanied-migrant-children","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/calif-military-base-becomes-third-to-house-unaccompanied-migrant-children\/","title":{"rendered":"Calif. military base becomes third to house unaccompanied migrant children"},"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\">20<\/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%2Fcalif-military-base-becomes-third-to-house-unaccompanied-migrant-children%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=386065&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 id=\"attachment_2393557\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\">\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-2393557\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Migrants are seen in a green area outside of a soft-sided detention center after they were taken into custody while trying to sneak into the U.S., Friday, March 19, 2021, in Donna, Texas. (AP Photo\/Julio Cortez)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h5>OAN Newsroom<br \/>UPDATED 7:25 PM PT \u2013 Saturday, April 3, 2021<\/h5>\n<p>The Defense Department approved a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.military.com\/daily-news\/2021\/04\/01\/pentagon-reviewing-request-house-migrant-children-california-base.html\">request<\/a> for a central California military base to house unaccompanied migrant children. On Friday, a defense official confirmed that the request from Health and Human Services to house migrant kids at Camp Roberts was approved.<\/p>\n<p>The base, which is just two hours northeast of Santa Barbara, was the third to be approved by the Pentagon for this purpose. Fort Bliss and Joint Base San Antonio in Texas were also used to house hundreds of migrant children seeking asylum.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2393558\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2393558\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-2393558 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/fb_image-63.jpeg\" alt=\"TOPSHOT - Young minors talk to an agent outside at a pod in the Donna Department of Homeland Security holding facility, the main detention center for unaccompanied children in the Rio Grande Valley run by the US Customs and Border Protection, (CBP), in Donna, Texas on March 30, 2021. - The minors are housed by the hundreds in eight pods that are about 3,200 square feet in size. Many of the pods had more than 500 children in them. The Biden administration on Tuesday for the first time allowed journalists inside its main detention facility at the border for migrant children, revealing a severely overcrowded tent structure where more than 4,000 kids and families were crammed into pods and the youngest kept in a large play pen with mats on the floor for sleeping. (Photo by Dario Lopez-Mills \/ POOL \/ AFP) (Photo by DARIO LOPEZ-MILLS\/POOL\/AFP via Getty Images)\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/fb_image-63.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/dzm0ugdauank9.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/GettyImages-1232028309-315x210.jpg 315w, https:\/\/dzm0ugdauank9.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/GettyImages-1232028309-655x437.jpg 655w, https:\/\/dzm0ugdauank9.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/GettyImages-1232028309-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-2393558\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Young minors talk to an agent outside at a pod in the Donna Department of Homeland Security holding facility, the main detention center for unaccompanied children in the Rio Grande Valley run by the US Customs and Border Protection, (CBP), in Donna, Texas on March 30, 2021.&nbsp; (Photo by DARIO LOPEZ-MILLS\/POOL\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>However, the dramatic spike amidst a global pandemic has resulted in added repercussions of overcrowded facilities despite efforts to test children for COVID-19.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhile the children need guardianship and the military has the ability to accommodate Health and Human Services, it becomes a complex problem for logistics and sustainment,\u201d Major General Michael T. McGuire, the director of Arizona\u2019s Department of Emergency and Military Affairs, said. \u201cAnd here in Arizona, we\u2019ve been battling a statewide COVID-19 emergency and anything we add to the plate of our great service members that are out there makes it that much more complicated.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the Biden administration has scrambled to handle the historic immigration influx.<\/p>\n<p>In March alone, Customs and Border Protection reported more than 170,000 migrants. Additionally, border officials said the facilities were overflowing with kids waiting to transfer to HHS facilities.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor example, if I have 600 children between the ages of 13 and 17, but they only have space for 400, then I\u2019m only able to turn over 400,\u201d Acting Executive Officer Oscar Escamilla stated. \u201cThe rest I have to keep in my custody and that number grows every day.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The San Diego Convention Center also became a temporary facility for migrant kids as authorities work to reunite them with their families or find them a sponsor in the U.S.<\/p>\n<p>HHS officials said many of the children seeking asylum are from El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras.<\/p>\n<h4>MORE NEWS:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/fla-county-prepares-for-toxic-waste-water-spill\/\">Fla. 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