If you’re focusing on the (re)opening of individual facilities you should also be aware of the broader context—the HHS agency responsible for housing unaccompanied migrant kids had to reduce capacity HUGELY bc of COVID precautions, and it could be a problem as kids keep coming.
https://twitter.com/camiloreports/status/1364017482013560841
The Biden administration could be expelling these kids under the CDC order, as Trump admin did before court order stopped them, but after order was lifted Biden chose not to resume kid expulsions.
That means when kids come without adult relatives, gov has to house/care for them while looking for sponsor (usually relative in US). And in recent years, ORR has been criticized for being too hasty with releases—and allowing kids to be exploited as laborers—as well as too slow.
P.S. I said "also" in my first tweet for a reason. There's certainly disagreement over whether many ORR facilities, not to mention CBP stations where kids are held once they cross into US, are actually suitable/humane. But this is about _policy_ as well as conditions.
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