Health and Human Services has now maxed out a makeshift detention facility in Hueneme Port in Ventura County with immigrant children from Central America. The facility’s 575-person capacity was met this week, as HHS and Homeland Security relocated busloads of minors who crossed the Texas-Mexico border illegally over the last few weeks. Community leaders expect 3,000 more children will arrive in the L.A. area in the next week.

The federal government is paying for the use of Building 267 at the Naval Base Ventura County, a warehouse structure once used as a sailor deployment processing center, to house the children. The city and HHS have elicited the help of the faith-based community leaders and businesses, including Nike, to help pitch in to help meet the immediate needs of the minors, including clothing, food, education, and childcare.

One community leader told TruthRevolt that children at the facility came to the U.S. under a range of situations, including those who were sent by their parents to connect with relatives or friends but lost contact information, and those who came with no contacts at all, simply hoping to be granted asylum and aid. The leader described the port facility as “clean, safe, and well-staffed.”

"We, the faith-based community, have been enlisted to help place them once they have been processed, " he said. "Funny how they reach out to us when they need us."

When the detention facility was first opened, HHS conducted a media tour of the facility, but on condition that no reporters talk with children, photograph the facility, or quote any of the officials giving the tour.

The community leader told TruthRevolt they expect 3,000 more immigrant children to be relocated to the L.A. area in the next week, information supported by L.A Mayor Eric Garcetti's announcement Tuesday that he has offered HHS the city's help in housing children.