The city of El Paso is struggling to handle a sudden influx of migrants that has overwhelmed local resources.
Two migrants, one from Venezuela and one from Nicaragua, carry a mattress that an El Paso resident gave them to a parking garage, where they would spend the night. They were among thousands of migrants who crossed the Rio Grande over the weekend and surrendered to Border Patrol agents before being processed. With shelters full, hundreds were dropped off in the citys streets., our daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news.
That’s when Rosa Falcon, an El Paso resident and teacher’s aide at a local elementary school, appeared at the garage and invited Wilson and four other migrants to her home to spend the night. Wilson said he was grateful he was not going to have to sleep in a parking garage another night — and glad to be on American soil.On Sunday, more than 1,000 migrants, many from Nicaragua, Honduras, Guatemala and the Dominican Republic, crossed the Rio Grande between 4 p.m. and 8 p.m.
Between Friday and Sunday, Border Patrol agents released an average of 398 migrants a day from their custody to local shelters, El Paso County facilities or to the streets. Over the previous month, the average was 151 per day. Last week, the Biden administration appealed a judge’s ruling that required the government to halt Title 42 by Dec. 21; an appeals court is expected to rule by Friday evening.
“There is a big heart here, there’s a big desire in our community” to help migrants, he said. “There’s also just not enough to handle this type of load, so we have to be cognizant of that. To help pay their bills, Wilson’s wife began to sell homemade fried fish and white rice to tourists and other locals.
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