961 migrants leave El Paso church after two-day enforcement operation
by: Julian Resendiz
Posted: May 10, 2023 / 04:07 PM CDT
Updated: May 10, 2023 / 07:17 PM CDT
Crews clean up blankets, debris from sidewalks where just a few days ago hundreds of migrants were gathered
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EL PASO, Texas (Border Report) – Border Patrol officials say 917 migrants voluntarily left the streets around Sacred Heart church in South El Paso after a two-day enforcement operation by Department of Homeland Security agencies. Another 44 were apprehended by undercover officers in the area.
“After our messaging, they actually turned themselves in at our (processing facility) at Paso del Norte Bridge,” said El Paso Sector Border Patrol Chief Scott Good. “I don’t have the exact number but a majority of them were released on their own recognizance.”
Border Patrol also detained 187 undocumented migrants at highway checkpoints leading out of El Paso, but none involved forgery of document — which was a concern raised earlier this week in South El Paso.
https://www.borderreport.com/immigration/migrant-numbers-plummet-in-downtown-el-paso/
