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TexasTowelie

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Mon Apr 5, 2021, 04:07 AM Apr 2021

Glorieta Camps might house up to 2,400 migrant youth

The operators of an adventure retreat in Glorieta were preparing Tuesday for the potential arrival this week of an influx of immigrant children and youth in need of temporary housing.

According to a volunteer page on the Glorieta Camps website, the organization was asked by the White House and Health and Human Services Department to “house and feed potentially 2400 unaccompanied children.”

Josh Nelson, an executive assistant for Glorieta Camps, said he expected the organization to issue a news release regarding a federal contract for the camp to house the children, but he was unsure when the deal would be finalized. As of late Tuesday night, the camp had not issued the statement.

Still, camp employees and representatives of other organizations were calling on the public to help provide supplies and were seeking some 400 volunteers to help care for the kids.

Read more: https://www.santafenewmexican.com/news/local_news/glorieta-camps-might-house-up-to-2-400-migrant-youth/article_f578651a-9184-11eb-a9b1-f7202c308bbd.html

I remember the church staff talking about how wonderful Glorieta was when I was a young Southern Baptist boy. That fact allows me to know that I wouldn't want to be there.

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