Migrants walk across the Rio Grande to surrender to US Border Patrol agents in El Paso, Texas, as seen from Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua state, Mexico, on December 13, 2022. (Photo by Herika Martinez/AFP )
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Migrants walk across the Rio Grande to surrender to US Border Patrol agents in El Paso, Texas, as seen from Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua state, Mexico, on December 13, 2022. (Photo by Herika Martinez/AFP )
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EL PASO, Texas — The mayor of a Texas border city declared a state of emergency on Saturday over concerns about the community’s ability to handle an expected influx of migrants across the border. Male.
El Paso Mayor Oscar Leeser issued a state of emergency to allow the city on the U.S. border with Mexico to tap into additional resources that are expected to become needed after the Title 42 eviction ends. ends on December 21, El Paso Times reports.
Leeser had previously opposed making an emergency declaration, but said he took action when he saw people on the downtown streets with temperatures below freezing, the Times reported.
“That’s not how we want to treat people,” Leeser said at a press conference Saturday night.
Friday’s ruling by the DC Circuit Court of Appeals means restrictions that have prevented hundreds of thousands of migrants from seeking asylum in the United States in recent years will still be lifted on Wednesday, unless more a letter of appeal.
Leeser added that the increase would be “incredible” after Wednesday, when the number of daily arrests and street releases could reach 6,000 a day, the Times reported.
El Paso City Deputy City Manager Mario D’Agostino said declaring a state emergency would give the city more flexibility to run larger shelter operations and provide more transportation for residents. asylum seekers.
