Local Shelters Overwhelmed As 1700 Migrants Released Into El Paso; Many Are Reportedly Mexicans
Nina Siena / Dec 14 2022, 05:10AM EST
Over 1,700 migrants were released into El Paso, Texas on Saturday and Sunday overwhelming local shelters. On Sunday evening, Chihuahua State police were seen escorting some groups of migrants by the hundreds crossing the Rio Grande into Texas all of whom were coming in from Juarez. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) sources said that its El Paso sector has seen 2,397 migrant encounters in the last 24 hours alone.
According to Fox News, the CBP’s El Paso Sector has seen an increase in encounters and said that Border Patrol agents from Big Bend and CBP Officers from El Paso Field Office were assisting in the processing of migrants. With 5,000 immigrants currently in custody, officials said they have begun a mass release of migrants into El Paso’s streets.
Prior to the mass crossing into Texas, about 20 buses full of migrants were escorted by Mexican law enforcement into the city of Ciudad Juarez, which sits right across from El Paso. Video recorded by a passenger inside one of the migrant buses showed their Mexican police escort.
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