Old Walmart in Sweden considered for border kids
Justin Murphy & Meaghan McDermott, Staff writers
SWEDEN A former Walmart store on Lake Road in town is among the sites being considered as a facility to temporarily house children in the country illegally, part of a national response to a surge in border crossings by young, unaccompanied Central Americans fleeing violence at home.
According to U.S. Rep. Chris Collins' office, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and General Services Administration will be conducting an initial assessment of the store at 4828 Lake Road "to determine whether it may be used as a facility for temporarily housing children who have come into the United States from other countries without an adult guardian."
Sweden Supervisor Robert Carges said he has not been notified by the federal government about the impending assessment. And, he said, he does not think the vacant store is an adequate site for a temporary shelter.
"It's an old retail store that's been empty for seven years and has had quite a few roof leaks," he said. "I just couldn't get behind it, no way. ... It's just a warehouse."
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