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Democratic candidates in Miami for debates also visiting large migrant detention facility

The presidential hopefuls are going to the site in nearby Homestead, Florida.

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Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Elizabeth Warren surrounded by the media outside the Homestead Detention Center, Wednesday June 26, 2019.

MIAMI — White House hopefuls in Miami for the Democratic debates are trekking to nearby Homestead, Florida, to visit a large migrant detention facility.

The stops are intended to draw attention to President Donald Trump's immigration policies, which have seen migrant children separated from their families. Homestead is about 40 miles southwest of Miami and is a spot where the U.S. is detaining migrant teens.

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In this Feb. 19, 2019 file photo, children line up to enter a tent at the Homestead Temporary Shelter for Unaccompanied Children in Homestead, Fla.

Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren visited the site Wednesday, with Minnesota Sen. Amy Klobuchar planning a stop later in the afternoon.

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Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Elizabeth Warren surrounded by the media outside the Homestead Detention Center, Wednesday June 26, 2019.

Former Texas Rep. Beto O'Rourke is scheduled to visit the site on Thursday.

And on Friday, California Sen. Kamala Harris, former housing secretary Julian Castro, former U.S. Rep. John Delaney and Pete Buttigieg, the mayor of South Bend, Indiana, all plan to visit.