Time
By Justin Worland
December 15, 2014
Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson opened on
Monday what is being labeled the U.S.’ largest detention center for
families who enter the country illegally.
The South Texas Family Residential Center, located
on the grounds of a former camp for oil workers in Dilley, Texas, can
house up to 2,400 people and will primarily be used for women and
children, according to Reuters. It features dozens
of small cabins to accommodate detained families along with medical
facilities, a school and a playground.
The facility will mainly be managed by the
Corrections Corporation of America and cost $296 per person per day to
operate, according to an official from the Immigration and Customs
Enforcement agency who attended the opening.
Johnson made use of the occasion to lambast
Republicans in Congress for not fully funding the department he
oversees. “If Congress is interested with me in supporting the border
security measure we are outlining here today,” Johnson added,
“it should act immediately on our budget request for fiscal 2015.”
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