[1] The U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) facility at the crossing served as the site for the Tornillo tent city, which housed as many as 2,800 detained migrant youths from June 2018 to January 2019.

[5] Marcelino Serna was an undocumented Mexican immigrant who later became one of the most decorated Texan veterans of World War I.

It was operated by BCFS on behalf of the Department of Health and Human Services' Office of Refugee Resettlement.

CBP expects the facility, which will be a "large, soft-sided structure" to begin operations in July or August 2019.

[7] On July 17, the deployment of 1,000 Texas National Guard troops to the Tornillo and Donna detention facilities was announced.