El Paso Mayor Oscar Leeser’s disaster declaration still leaves mass uncertainty over how the city will care for thousands of migrants in coming days.
This story has been republished with permission from El Paso Matters, a member-supported nonpartisan media organization.declared a state of disaster Saturday night to deal with a deepening humanitarian crisisLess than a mile from City Hall, where Leeser announced the disaster declaration, about 200 migrants were preparing to sleep on sidewalks near two bus stations while they await transportation out of town.
Ongoing negotiations between U.S. and Mexican officials come as more than 1,500 migrants made their way from Ciudad Juarez to El Paso on Sunday, Dec. 11, after some said they were rescued by Mexican federal forces from a cell controlled by members of organized crime. The weekend’s surge came as U.S. and Mexican officials prepare for an increased migrant flow in anticipation of the Dec. 21 lifting of Title 42, the public health order that allows U.S.
Since the COVID-19 pandemic began in 2020, the Border Patrol has been able to immediately expel more than 2.5 million migrants who crossed the border illegally, without an opportunity to seek asylum or other protections allowed by U.S. law.A federal judge last month ruled that there no longer was a public health justification for continuing Title 42, and ordered its end on Dec. 21.
Shortly after Leeser’s announcement, city vans and buses arrived at migrant encampments to offer rides to shelters. No one was yet being forced to leave the area near the bus stations, though city ordinances prevent camping on city streets.
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