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'Unbearable' conditions push Biden administration to close Houston migrant center

Article subtitle: 
The group in charge didn't provide adequate living conditions, sources say.
Article author: 
Cecilia Vega,Soo Rin Kim,Lucien Bruggeman,James Scholz, andMike Levine April 19, 2021, 1:17 AM • 7 min read
Article publisher: 
ABC News
Article date: 
Monday, April 19, 2021
Article category: 
National Issues
Medium
Tags: 
border
enforcement
refugee
government
Article Body: 

The Biden administration over the weekend shuttered a Houston warehouse that housed unaccompanied migrant children following allegations that the nonprofit organization running the site failed to provide adequate living conditions for hundreds of young girls, multiple sources familiar with the matter told ABC News.

The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) opened the warehouse early this month in response to the surge of migrants arriving at the southern border. . .

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