“The good news is that they listened,” Representative Sylvia R. Garcia, Democrat of Texas, said of officials at Health and Human Services. Ms. Garcia, a former social worker, said she saw red flags at the Houston shelter, a repurposed warehouse, before it even opened. Ms. Garcia said the facility did not have enough bathrooms and there was no clear space for the children to eat or for recreation. They were concerned about their care — every single one of them,” Ms. Garcia said of the officials she spoke with. She said she raised this concern about “mega-sites” with Xavier Becerra, the secretary of health and human services, on a recent call with members of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus.

Source: New York Times May 24, 2021 22:52 UTC