{"id":56186,"date":"2018-06-20T18:56:26","date_gmt":"2018-06-20T18:56:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/uncategorized\/2018\/06\/20\/mattis-says-military-will-house-immigrant-kids-if-asked\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T10:24:40","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T10:24:40","slug":"mattis-says-military-will-house-immigrant-kids-if-asked","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/news\/your-air-force\/2018\/06\/20\/mattis-says-military-will-house-immigrant-kids-if-asked\/","title":{"rendered":"Mattis says military will house immigrant children if asked"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Defense Secretary Jim Mattis weighed in on the controversial decision to separate immigrant children from their parents, saying the military would provide housing at bases if asked. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In recent weeks, Congress and President Donald Trump have faced a groundswell of criticism<\/a> for the administration\u2019s decision to separate immigrant children from parents along the southern U.S. border with Mexico who have crossed into the country illegally. Images and sound recordings of traumatized children, some as young as 2 years old, have become a lightning rod for the divisive issue. Trump signed an executive order Wednesday to end the practice.
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The order, according to a White House email sent to reporters Wednesday, calls for Mattis to \u201ctake all legally available measures to provide to the [DHS Secretary,] upon request, any existing facilities available for the housing and care of alien families, and shall construct such facilities if necessary and consistent with law. The Secretary, to the extent permitted by law, shall be responsible for reimbursement for the use of these facilities.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\t