Tornillo, Texas, is a small farming community in the southwestern United States. It sits along the Mexican border, a short drive from the city of El Paso in West Texas. A month ago, the federal government chose Tornillo as the place to set up 450 beds for immigrant children. The small town is providing temporary housing for children who were separated from their families as a part of the government’s policy on migrants. More than 350 youngsters moved in on June 14. Since then, the town has become the center of a national debate over illegal immigration. The 1,600 citizens of Tornillo have seen thousands of protestors and near daily visits from officials at all levels of government. U.S. lawmakers, Texas officials, human rights activists and others have gone there and visited the children, mostly teenaged boys.