Humanitarian Respite Center at capacity, asks Border Patrol not to drop off any more migrants
Immigration
Center overcrowding complicated by rising numbers of COVID cases in RGV
by: Sandra Sanchez
Posted: Jul 26, 2021 / 06:37 PM CDT / Updated: Jul 26, 2021 / 08:30 PM CDT
McALLEN, Texas (Border Report) — The Rio Grande Valley’s largest migrant shelter has asked the U.S. Border Patrol to stop dropping any more new arrivals, Border Report has learned.
Officials at the Humanitarian Respite Center in McAllen, Texas, have reached out to Border Patrol to request a reprieve because it is currently over capacity due to a massive influx of migrants crossing into South Texas from Mexico.
“We told Border Patrol to hold drop-offs to give us a chance to have space,” Sister Norma Pimentel, the executive director of Catholic Charities of the Rio Grande Valley, which runs the center, told Border Report on Monday.
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