Congressman Mark Takano Archives

Americans Evacuated from China to Escape Coronavirus Taken to March Air Reserve Base

January 30, 2020 6:38 amJanuary 30, 2020 6:43 am

American diplomats and citizens evacuated from the epicenter of the fast-spreading Coronavirus in China landed at March Air Reserve Base in Riverside County. It was reported 201 people were on board a U.S Government chartered flight from Wuhan, China. The...

Florida Based Company Suing California For Law Ending Operation Of Private Prisons and Immigration Detention Facilities

January 5, 2020 8:33 amJanuary 5, 2020 8:59 am

A private detention company based in Florida is suing the State of California for signing into law Assembly Bill 32 that ends contracts with for-profit prisons. Newport Beach law firm Newmeyer and Dillion are representing the GEO Group that operates...

Trump Admin. Abandons Shelter Plans for Unaccompanied Migrant Children In the Inland Empire

October 3, 2019 6:40 amOctober 3, 2019 9:40 am

The Inland Empire was one of multiple locations in the nation the Trump administration was eyeing to either build or lease space for a detention facility for unaccompanied migrant children. However, Democratic Congressman Mark Takano announced Wednesday, Riverside County has been...

Questions Go Unanswered About a Federal Facility for Illegal Migrant Children in Southern California

August 21, 2019 9:56 pmAugust 22, 2019 6:31 am

Riverside County, California – The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services reported the Office of Refugee Resettlement is exploring vacant properties in Southern California to house unaccompanied alien children. However, many questions are left unanswered by the federal government....