The Pentagon can place 20 thousands of migrant children at military bases

Starting next month, the Donald Trump administration can place up to 20 thousands of children separated from migrant parents at military bases, writes The Hill.

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It is noted that this decision was made after the Department of Health and Social Services (HHS) applied for help to the Ministry of Defense (DOD).

“HHS has approached DOD about the possibility of providing up to 20 temporary beds for unaccompanied children and housing them in DOD facilities,” the Pentagon document said.

If the Pentagon finds housing that it can provide, then the “Children's Affairs Administration (ACF) is asking for facilities to be available for placement as early as July and before December 31 of 2018.”

The children will be supervised by HHS personnel and will provide care “including supervision, food, clothing, medical services, transportation and other daily needs,” the document notes.

The document emphasizes that the Ministry of Defense "will be fully reimbursed" for all expenses.

Defense Secretary James Mattis said Wednesday that the military would place migrant children if asked by the presidential administration.

DOD has not yet officially received a request from HHS to accommodate migrant children, but if this happens, Mattis "will take all legally available measures to provide the Secretary of National Security, on request, any existing facilities available for housing and care for other people's families."

The resolution also states that the Pentagon must "build such objects, if necessary, and in accordance with the law."

In May, HHS officials visited four military bases to test their suitability to house children. Three of the bases visited are in Texas - Army Base Fort Bliss; Dyess Air Force Base, near Abilene; and Goodfellow Air Force Base in San Angelo - and one is in Arkansas, Little Rock Air Force Base.

Recall, yesterday President Donald Trump signed a decree that prohibits border guards from separating parents and migrant childrenthat illegally crossed the border with the United States.

Note that according to the Department of Homeland Security, from May 5 to June 9, as a result of the family separation policy, more than 2300 children were separated from their parents.

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