Nonprofit Seeks To Create A Marietta Shelter For Immigrant Children

Detained immigrant children line up in the cafeteria at a detention center for immigrant families in Texas.

Eric Gay / Associated Press

A building in Marietta could be used to house immigrant children under a plan by a local nonprofit group.

Freemont Grace Human Services has obtained approval from the city’s zoning department to refurbish an existing building and convert it into a shelter, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported.

The new shelter could house up to 50 unaccompanied immigrant children in custody of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, the nonprofit said.