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Are US citizens in San Diego being displaced from a homeless shelter because asylum seekers are being moved in?

By Sarah Thompson
NO

The San Diego Convention Center was the city's temporary shelter for homeless people during the COVID pandemic. The convention center shelter was to close in March of 2021, with the homeless who had sheltered there placed in other housing.

The city published plans for transitioning away from using the convention center, saying, "No one sheltering at the Convention Center will be forced to return to street homelessness."

Subsequently, at the request of the federal gvernment, the convention center agreed to shelter unaccompanied migrant children -- girls between 13 and 17 years old -- after the homeless shelter was phased out.

The convention center shelter will now be used by the federal government. A statement from local leaders said, "The city and county will support this federally funded effort by providing vital services to these vulnerable children who came to our country seeking safety."

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