Feds Considering Using Desha County Site To House Children. Separated from their Parents at the Border
June 25th, 2018 by iPhone
Thursday, officials from the U.S. department of health and human services visited 2 government-owned facilities in Arkansas as possible detention sites for migrant children, that have been the focus of many national news reports.
One facility, a former USDA facility near Kelso (in Desha County) sits less than two miles north of the former Japanese-American internment camp in Rohwer.
The Rohwer Relocation Center was one of two internment camps in Arkansas used to house Japanese-American citizens during World War II.
For the full report from KUAR, click here.
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