90,000 Immigrants Could Be Housed In California 'Tent Cities'

CONCORD, CA -- President Donald Trump's plan to crack down on illegal immigration could mean the creation of two California tent cities that would house more than 90,000 immigrants. Time Magazine reported a leak U.S. Navy memo details plans that include detention camps at former Naval Weapons Station Concord and Camp Pendleton, north of San Diego.

Each camp would house up to 47,000 immigrants living in the U.S. illegally, the magazine reported.

"The planning document estimates that the Navy would spend about $233 million to construct and operate a facility for 25,000 people for a six-month time period," the Time article said. "The proposal suggests these tent cities be built to last between six months and one year."

The memo's details come as detention centers begin to overflow as federal employees work to meet Trump's demand to prosecute anyone who crosses the border illegally.

"Under the administration’s so-called 'zero-tolerance' immigration policy, current facilities are at their breaking point and the immigration courts face deep backlogs," Time reported. "At the same time, children who previously had been separated from their parents are now going to be held with the adults, further straining the system."

Trump's crackdown has sparked an emotional debate across the country as immigrants share their stories about being separated from their children. Images have also surfaced of children being housed in cages.

The news has prompted tens of thousands of people across the country to protest against the Trump Administration with a Facebook fundraiser in support of immigrants raising millions within days.

Read the full Time Magazine story here.

--Photo: A U.S. Border Patrol agent checks birth certificates while taking Central American immigrants into detention on January 4, 2017 near McAllen, Texas. Thousands of families and unaccompanied children, most from Central America, are crossing the border illegally to request asylum in the U.S. from violence and poverty in their home countries. (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images)