U.S. Department Of Health & Human Services Fact Sheet: Unaccompanied Alien Children Sheltered At Tornillo LPOE, Tornillo, Texas

The document is a fact sheet issued on October 12, 2018, by the federal Administration for Children and Families (ACF). The fact sheet discusses the ACF Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) housing arrangements for unaccompanied alien children (UAC), and in particular one located in Tornillo at the Texas Land Port of Entry (LPOE). UAC are children age 17 and under who are unaccompanied by parents or other legal guardians and who have no lawful immigration status in the United States and were apprehended by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS). UAC are transferred to the care and custody . . .