In the past few days stories have emerged about immigrant children from the surge on the Texas border arriving in Houston. Some are coming through Houston’s Bush Intercontinental Airport for transport to other parts of the nation. While others that are being housed in shelters in the Houston area. (Ex: Bolivar County, Galveston Island)
However, despite many seeing the situation as a humanitarian crisis, some citizens and elected officials, like one in League City, are not showing a welcoming embrace.
UPDATED: 7/9/14 – League City officials vote to not permit immigrant children into city.
(Video: KHOU)
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- Undocumented children caught on Texas border arriving at Bush IAH (KPRC 2 News)
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- Mother of undocumented child expresses concern for daughter, relatives (KPRC 2 News)
- Brazoria County Youth Center Becomes Home To Immigrant Children (KRIV 26 News)
- Children caught entering the US illegally being sheltered in Galveston (KHOU 11 News)
- 10-year-old Guatemalan boy recalls ‘lonely’ journey to US border (KHOU 11 News)
- The Town Where Immigrants Hit a Human Wall (New York Times)
- Deportation Threat Doesn’t Diminish Young Migrants’ U.S. Hopes (NPR)
