El Paso to get 25 to 30 asylum-seekers per day once U.S. rolls back MPP program
Immigration
Migrants required to show proof of negative COVID-19 test before entry; Mexico working with UN agencies on logistics
by: Julian Resendiz
Posted: Feb 17, 2021 / 08:14 PM GMT-0600 / Updated: Feb 18, 2021 / 11:51 AM GMT-0600
EDITOR’S NOTE: This story has been updated to reflect processing of registered asylum-seekers begins on Feb. 26. in El Paso.
EL PASO, Texas (Border Report) – El Paso can expect a limited number of asylum-seekers to come across the border once the Biden administration begins its rollback of the Migrant Protection Protocols (MPP) program, a local official says.
It can also be assured that those international citizens will have passed a COVID-19 screening before they come over from Mexico, El Paso County Commissioner David Stout said.
“We have been advised by the federal government that starting Friday, they are going to be admitting a number of individuals across three ports of entry, and one of those is here in El Paso,†Stout told Border Report. “From what I understand, they’re going to be admitting 25 to 30 folks on a daily basis, though at some point they want to ramp it up to 300 people a day.
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