BREAKING: El Paso to declare immigration emergency
Julian Resendiz - Yesterday 5:30 PM
EL PASO, Texas (Border Report) – El Paso County Judge Ricardo Samaniego and Mayor Oscar Leeser are getting ready to issue emergency declarations as the number of migrant apprehensions continues to climb and the end of Title 42 looms.
"(It's) not necessarily because of inability to handle it – I don't want anyone to believe it's based on that – but so we are able to obtain funding that is necessary to continue a very humanitarian focus," Samaniego said Thursday at a special meeting of County Commissioners Court.
Samaniego said the orders – the city and county will issue separate declarations – will allow each entity to solicit money now from the Federal Emergency Management Administration.
"Worst-case scenario we would have to find a large place to address that issue instead of having it throughout the community," he said.
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