WASHINGTON _ Since the earliest days of the Trump presidency, the administration has been preparing to erect tent cities to house immigrants who had come to the country illegally.
The Department of Homeland Security asked Congress for $95 million to erect tent cities in two locations in Texas to "detain all immigration violators," according to a budget document shared with McClatchy and provided to Congress in March 2017.
The so-called "soft-sided structure facilities in Tornillo and Donna, Texas" were to house immigrants _ possibly unaccompanied children or families _ after the United States saw a surge in the number of immigrants crossing its southern border during the Obama administration.
