The Trump administration has reopened a 1,000-bed facility in Homestead, Florida, to house migrant children who have either entered the U.S. unaccompanied or who have been separated from their parents at the border, according to reports by the Miami Herald. The facility was closed up until 2017 when the number of illegal border crossings was in decline, and it is unclear when it reopened. Florida Democratic Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz first made mention of the facility during an event on Monday, bringing it to the public’s attention. Congressional leaders on both sides of the aisle are opposed to President Donald Trump’s zero-tolerance policy and have yet to reach a bipartisan solution to the immigration crisis. (Read more)

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