Homestead Temporary Shelter for Unaccompanied Children is a 3,200-bed migrant children's detention center in Homestead, Florida. Until August 3, 2019, the center had been operated by Comprehensive Health Services, Inc. (CHSi), which is a subsidiary of the homeland security operator Caliburn International. It was believed to be the only remaining for-profit child detention center for migrants.[1] The organization has faced severe criticism concerning immigration. Senator Elizabeth Warren had demanded that the detention facility be "closed down", and calls for investigation and oversight grew stronger when it was revealed that the federal government had paid $33 million in just 46 days for 1,200 of the empty beds.[2]
It was reported on February 23, 2021 that the administration of US President Joe Biden will be reopening the detention center.[3]
- ^ Welch, Leecia; Law, National Center for Youth (13 February 2019). "Inside The Largest And Most Controversial Shelter For Migrant Children In The U.S." NPR.org. Retrieved 2019-04-20.How We Shut Down the Nation's Largest Child Detention Center, Yes! Magazine, Kristin Kumpf, September 9, 2019.
- ^ Trump Administratin Must Explain Why U.S. Taxpayers Are Paying 'Outrageous' 'Trump Hotel' Prices to Keep Empty Migrant Detention Center Running: Congressman, Newsweek, Chantal da Silva, 9/19/19. Retrieved September 10, 2018.
- ^ Cardona, Alexi C. (Feb 23, 2021). "Biden to Reopen Homestead Shelter for Immigrant Children". Miami New Times.