Updated June 15
This is the largest government-contracted migrant youth shelter in the country: Case Padre, a former Walmart supercenter converted into living, recreational and dining quarters for nearly 1,500 immigrant boys.
Shelter managers took reporters on a tour of the facility in Brownsville, Texas, on Wednesday, amid criticism over the Trump administration’s “zero tolerance” policy that has led to separating migrant families who crossed the border illegally.
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