• California protests steer illegal immigrant children to Houston

    California protests steer illegal immigrant children to Houston

    Harris County officials have been told unaccompanied immigrant children caught in south Texas are being flown into George Bush Intercontinental Airport because of protests in California, a spokesman for Harris County Judge Ed Emmett said Thursday.


    Photo By DAVID BAUMAN/AP
    Protesters turn back three buses carrying 140 immigrants as they attempt to enter the Murrieta U.S. Border Patrol station for processing on Tuesday, July 1, 2014, in Murrieta, Calif. MAGS OUT; MANDATORY CREDIT


    Joe Stinebaker said the judge's office has been notified by federal officials of the children's arrival at Houston airport, but he was not able to provide other details and referred all questions to federal authorities.

    July 3, 2014 | Updated: July 3, 2014 1:39pm
    Houston Chronicle

    Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials did not immediately confirm or comment on the report. A spokesman for the Office of Refugee Resettlement, the agency responsible for the children's long-term care, referred calls for comment to ICE officials.

    On Tuesday, angry protestors in Murrieta, California, blocked buses carrying about 140 migrants bound for a processing station in Riverside County, forcing ICE officials to head to a different Border Patrol facility in southern California.

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