ICE releases another 522 migrants in Texas and New Mexico as detention centers remain overrun
ICE dropped off 522 migrants in Texas and New Mexico on Wednesday
On Christmas Day, it dropped off 186 migrants. In the two days preceding Christmas, 400 migrants were dropped off by ICE at an El Paso bus station
ICE has been releasing migrants along border for weeks due to overcapacity
Earlier this week, the releases of migrants were done suddenly and without coordination with local nonprofits, leaving migrants on the street
But Wednesday’s drop-off was done with groups better prepared to immediately place migrants in temporary shelters
By ARIEL ZILBER
DAILYMAIL.COM
27 December 2018
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) released 522 migrants in New Mexico and Texas on Wednesday evening – bringing the total number of asylum seekers dropped off by the agency this week to more than 1,000.
ICE dropped off 186 people on Christmas Day and 400 in the two days preceding the holiday, according to CBS News.
The migrants were dropped off at locations in El Paso, Texas, and Las Cruces, New Mexico.
El Paso straddles the U.S.-Mexico border, while Las Cruces is just 45 miles north of El Paso.
Earlier this week, ICE, without warning, dropped off the migrants at a Greyhound bus station in El Paso, Texas – leaving them with no food, money, or shelter.
But on Wednesday local charitable groups were more prepared to absorb the released migrants and immediately take them off the streets for placement into temporary shelters, Ruben Garcia told the El Paso Times.
Garcia is the head of Annunciation House, an El Paso-based shelter for migrants that coordinates with local authorities.
Nonprofits say that the federal government has been releasing the migrants due to overcapacity at the detention facilities, some of whose conditions are quite harsh.
“They’re coming from immigration cells so they’re coming hungry, they’re coming thirsty, most haven’t bathed in a long time,’ Dylan Corbett, executive director of the Hope Border Institute, said.
‘The situation is really difficult for them.’
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