Report: Huge tent city to detain immigrants proposed in Concord
The U.S. Navy is reviewing plans to potentially build large-scale detention centers for undocumented immigrants in various parts of the country, including Concord, according to a TIME magazine report on Friday detailing what was described as a draft memo.
The report said the memo, drafted for approval by Secretary of the Navy Richard Spencer, outlines plans to build temporary tent cities to house thousands of immigrants in the south as well as up to 47,000 people at the former Naval Weapons Station in Concord.
The Trump administration in early May instituted a “zero-tolerance” policy for those who illegally cross the border to the U.S.