Some 500 migrants were released into the streets of El Paso, Texas to fend for themselves Monday as the border city grappled with an overwhelming influx of asylum seekers that was expected to ballo…
"Over the weekend, the El Paso Sector experienced a major surge in illegal crossings, with a 3-day average of 2,460 daily encounters, primarily through the downtown area of El Paso," acting Chief Patrol Agent Peter Jaquez of the El Paso Sector tweeted Monday."We will continue to keep the public informed as the situation evolves," he continued.REUTERSMore than 5,600 migrants were in US custody at the El Paso crossing Monday.
“We already had intel they were coming in this direction … all weekend [we] spent time with Congresswoman [Veronica] Escobar to look at the FEMA funding and see how we could expedite that,” Samaniego told KTSM-TV. US Rep. Tony Gonzalez, who represents a large swath of the southern border from north of Laredo to just outside El Paso, spoke to the station about the overwhelming influx.
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