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U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement begins to create tent camps.

2019

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As U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) ramps up its blockades against immigrant communities from the Global South seeking political asylum in the U.S., they build tent camps to hold detainees at the border of Texas and Mexico. These tent camps are intended to serve as temporary structures for families and unaccompanied minors, but years later, they still remain.