POMONA, Calif. (AP) - Teenage boys chased down soccer balls on grassy fields. Dormitory beds were organized into small pods with a TV in each section.
Some kids laid on the cots reading, while others played cards nearby with caseworkers.The Biden administration on Friday gave a rare look inside an emergency shelter it opened to house migrant children who crossed the U.S.-Mexico border alone, calling the California facility a model among its large-scale sites.Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra, whose agency is in charge of caring for migrant children, was joined by elected officials as he toured the shelter housing nearly 1,400 children at the Los Angeles County fairgrounds in the city of Pomona.