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County Judge Clay Jenkins is persistent to bring separated immigrant children from their families at the border to shelters in Dallas.  

Jenkins took to Twitter on Monday morning saying that he had "good preliminary talks with federal agencies" on opening shelters in Dallas. Dallas Independent School District and the Catholic Diocese of Dallas had begun scouting potential shelter locations.

He followed up with another tweet on Monday morning saying Dallas ISD aided the county secure two potential sites for housing separated immigrant children.

Earlier Thursday, the Democrat county judge proposed the idea initially at a protest of immigration policy "Zero tolerance" that has yielded the prosecution of illegal immigrants and asylum-seekers, and therefore the separation of families.

The unaccompanied minors are the ones who are separated from their parents at the border. Umpteen children are being held in shelters while they await a reunion with their menage.

Jenkins has been lobbying with federal authorities to bring some of those kids to Dallas. He wrote on Twitter Friday, "if the feds will allow us, we will step up for kids."

"These are children made in the image of God," he wrote with a link to an article. "We don’t have to agree on politics to agree on that. They need our help. The hearts of the people of Dallas County and North Texas are big, as is our capacity. If the feds will allow us, we will step up for kids."

The non-profits of the area are as well keeping a close watch on the border. The unaccompanied minors are assisted by Catholic Charities of Dallas with preparation to self-represent in civil proceedings in a court of immigration. The non-profit as well as assist minors and families with asylum claims.

Catholic Charities president and Chief Executive Officer Dave Woodyard says they are in close contact with their sister charity in the Rio Grande Valley, which deals more directly with the more than 10,000 unaccompanied minors, many who traveled alone, to the United States.

"I can't imagine in the faith community not thinking about this and being impacted by what’s going on," Woodyard said. "We're certainly anticipating that there is going to be a call and a need for help directly here in the North Texas area & throughout this region."

By Sowmya Sangam