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Some of 1,036 migrants who crossed the U.S.-Mexico border are shown May 29, 2019, in in El Paso, Texas, the largest group that the Border Patrol says it has ever encountered. The federal government is opening a new mass shelter for migrant children near the U.S-Mexico border and is considering housing children on three military bases to add 3,000 more beds to the overtaxed system in the coming weeks. (U.S. Customs and Border Protection via AP, File)

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The federal government is opening a new mass facility to hold migrant children in Texas and considering detaining hundreds more youths on three military bases around the country, adding a total of 3,000 new beds to the already overtaxed system.

By GARANCE BURKE, Associated Press June 6, 2019