Perception of safety, easy access to U.S. bringing Ecuadorians to El Paso-Juarez corridor, expert says
Immigration
Border Patrol says apprehensions of citizens from Ecuador now only second to Mexicans in El Paso Sector
by: Julian Resendiz
Posted: Jul 26, 2021 / 07:05 PM CDT / Updated: Jul 26, 2021 / 07:07 PM CDT
EL PASO, Texas (Border Report) – Victor Manjarrez Jr. says it was rare for his agents to come across unauthorized migrants from Ecuador when he headed the U.S. Border Patrol’s El Paso and Tucson, Ariz., sectors in the early 2010s.
The fact that more of them are coming to U.S.-Mexico border today could be a harbinger of things to come.
“The increased migrant flow has been consistent since the beginning of the year – if anything, it’s gone up. The longer that goes, the more diversity you’re going to see in terms of nationalities,” said Manjarrez, associate director at the Center for Law and Human Behavior at the University of Texas at El Paso. “I think we’re going to see (migrants) from the Eastern bloc and countries that you normally don’t see,” like Poland and the Balkan nations.
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