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Casa San Diego is a holding facility located in
Casa San Diego is a holding facility located in El Cajon, California
El Cajon ( , ; Spanish: El Cajón, meaning "the box") is a city in San Diego County, California, United States, east of downtown San Diego. The city takes its name from Rancho El Cajón, which was in turn named for the box-like shape of the va ...
for minors who are either unaccompanied at the United States border or who have been separated from their families. Currently, around 10 percent of children housed in Casa San Diego were separated from their parents on entry at the border. Casa San Diego currently houses boys and girls between the ages of 6 and 17.
About
The facility of Casa San Diego is run bySouthwest Key Programs
Southwest Key Programs is a Texas-based nonprofit organization that operates shelter facilities for unaccompanied immigrant minors and immigrant youth. It also provides youth justice alternative programming and educational programming. The organi ...
and located in El Cajon, California
El Cajon ( , ; Spanish: El Cajón, meaning "the box") is a city in San Diego County, California, United States, east of downtown San Diego. The city takes its name from Rancho El Cajón, which was in turn named for the box-like shape of the va ...
. It is under 24-hour video surveillance and has an alarm that sounds when unauthorized individuals open the front door. There are classrooms, a recreation area and a medical clinic. The entire facility is fenced in with privacy netting.
Minors held at the facility remain there for an average 45 days while they wait for the Department of Health and Human Services to place them into foster
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custody, with family members or to be deported to their home country.
See also
*Immigration detention in the United States
The United States government holds tens of thousands of immigrants in detention under the control of Customs and Border Protection (CBP; principally the Border Patrol) and the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). Immigrants are detained for ...
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