{"id":8233,"date":"2018-03-30T17:55:05","date_gmt":"2018-03-30T17:55:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/?p=8233"},"modified":"2018-03-30T17:55:05","modified_gmt":"2018-03-30T17:55:05","slug":"international-educational-services-closing-two-centers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/?p=8233","title":{"rendered":"International Educational Services Closing Two Centers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/IMG_0295.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8230\" src=\"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/IMG_0295.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_0295\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/IMG_0295.jpg 600w, https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/IMG_0295-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/IMG_0295-405x270.jpg 405w, https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/IMG_0295-60x40.jpg 60w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><em>by Tony Vindell\/LFN<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The two International Educational Services Inc. centers in Los Fresnos are closing their doors after being in town since 1988, personnel with the non-profit organization said.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The two centers are along North Arroyo Boulevard and Highway 100 west of town.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">International Educational Services, Inc. is a social service agency that serves short-term emergency shelter and foster care for unaccompanied alien children, or UAC. Its purpose is to provide a safe, healthy, and home-like environment where children receive care and services to foster a positive future,<a href=\"http:\/\/web.iestex.org\/\" target=\"_blank\"> according to its Web site.<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The agency programs are licensed by the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services, and referrals for placement are received solely from the Office of Refugee Resettlement, or ORRs.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The agency has successfully provided services and care for tens of thousands of children in its shelters and foster care programs in South Texas. IES extend a sincere thank you to the hundreds of dedicated staff, foster parents and the community, the agency said in a press release.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Cary Zayas, spokeswoman with the agency, said the two centers will close on March 31 and emphasized no embezzlement or criminal charges have occurred or taken place at IES.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The closing of the two IES centers here will impact the local economy, city officials said.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\u201cI hear they are closing,\u201d City Manager Mark Milum said. \u201cIf it\u2019s true it is a big loss of jobs for this area and could impact our businesses with less people in the area during the day.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Mayor Polo Narvaez expressed surprise when told about the two centers closing their doors.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\u201cI know they hired a lot of people,\u201d he said. \u201cThis will definitively have an impact on our local economy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The mayor said he did not know if President Donald Trump\u2019s stand on immigration has something to do with what is going on with IES.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\u201cI just know the president has been changing the immigration rules,\u201d he said. \u201dThey (the laws) keep constantly changing since he took office.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by Tony Vindell\/LFN The two International Educational Services Inc. centers in Los Fresnos are closing their doors after being in town since 1988, personnel with the non-profit organization said. The two centers are along North Arroyo Boulevard and Highway 100 west of town. 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