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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWhat is going on? trump dumps immigrants
U.S. immigration authorities planned to release 500 migrants in El Paso by Wednesday evening, which would be the highest single-day figure in the city.
The release of migrants to shelters is common in El Paso, but advocates fear that the government may be dumping large numbers of immigrants on the streets to relieve overcrowding in the wake of the deaths of two children who were in Border Patrol custody.
Ruben Garcia, executive director of Annunciation House, an El Paso immigrant shelter that coordinates local assistance efforts for migrants, said immigrants would not be released to the streets on Wednesday, but instead will be placed directly into 11 temporary and permanent migrant shelters.
But earlier this week, ICE released hundreds of men, women and children at the Greyhound bus station in Downtown El Paso, leaving Garcia and others scrambling to find shelter for about 600 migrants beginning Sunday night and continuing through Christmas Day.
The release of migrants to shelters is common in El Paso, but advocates fear that the government may be dumping large numbers of immigrants on the streets to relieve overcrowding in the wake of the deaths of two children who were in Border Patrol custody.
Ruben Garcia, executive director of Annunciation House, an El Paso immigrant shelter that coordinates local assistance efforts for migrants, said immigrants would not be released to the streets on Wednesday, but instead will be placed directly into 11 temporary and permanent migrant shelters.
But earlier this week, ICE released hundreds of men, women and children at the Greyhound bus station in Downtown El Paso, leaving Garcia and others scrambling to find shelter for about 600 migrants beginning Sunday night and continuing through Christmas Day.
https://www.elpasotimes.com/story/news/politics/2018/12/26/ice-releases-500-more-migrants-el-paso-immigrant-shelters/2418764002/
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What is going on? trump dumps immigrants (Original Post)
Miigwech
Dec 2018
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Miigwech
(3,741 posts)1. found this: trump dishes El Paso 2015
leanforward
(1,077 posts)2. It might have something to do with the shut down.
The local CBP/ICE might not have any resources to care and/or feed. Just my observation.
Hela
(441 posts)3. Gofundme or agency taking donations?
Does anyone know if there are agencies taking donations for help?
ETA: Just answered my own question. Annunciation House in El Paso is taking donations.
https://kfoxtv.com/news/local/annunciation-house-seeking-donations-to-aid-immigrants-dropped-off-in-el-paso