The top local stories this morning from the KERA Newsroom: Hundreds of undocumented children are expected to arrive in North Texas today.
About 500 kids will stay at the Lakeview Camp and Retreat Center near Waxahachie. Rockwall County says it’s expecting about 300 children at a campsite there.
Last year, officials saw a surge in the number of children coming into the U.S., mostly from Central America. This fall, the number of kids crossing the border has risen.
At a brief news conference yesterday, Governor Greg Abbott said he had warned Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson about it, and had asked for more law enforcement at the border.
Other stories this morning:
- Thousands of long-distance runners will put their training to the test Sunday for the annual Dallas Marathon. Tony Reed with the National Black Marathoner’s Association talked about how his group is influencing minority runners in our Friday Conversation.
- The Bruce Wood Dance Project opens a holiday show this weekend called “Mistletoe Magic. KERA’s Jerome Weeks previews some other big changes with the project.
You can listen to North Texas stories weekdays at 8:20 a.m. and 6:20 p.m. on KERA 90.1 FM.
