Migrants Dropped Off At Bus Stations Due To Shelter Overload

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We’ve seen numerous stories about US shelters moving beyond capacity. Numerous cities in Texas are overwhelmed by the sheer volume of illegal immigrants. Earlier this year, U.S. Customs and Border Protection Commissioner Kevin McAleenan said the border crisis was hitting a “breaking point.”

I’d say this is a good indicator.

According to that sourcelink, US Border Patrol is dropping migrants off at bus stations in California due to the mass overload at shelters.

 

The three white vans bearing the Border Patrol logo slowly make their way into a back alley next to the Greyhound bus station in the city of San Bernardino, east of Los Angeles.

As the agents slide open the doors, a group of 36 haggard-looking men, women and children — most of them from Guatemala — exit the vehicles carrying plastic bags filled with their meager belongings.

They line up on a sidewalk as their names are checked by a representative from a local NGO who also enquires about their health.

A man asks where he can rent a phone and one of the agents sternly answers back in Spanish.

“You decided to come this way into the US, you figure out what to do,” the agent says. “What do you expect? You want me to give you my house?”

That particular group is just one among thousands.

 

According to immigration authorities, more than 40,000 immigrant families apprehended at the border since March 19 and with no known criminal record have been released into the United States due to Border Patrol facilities being swamped.

The agency typically tries to work with other organizations, but at this point, they’re desperate.

 

“Whenever possible, the releases have been coordinated with local non-governmental organizations (NGOs),” US Border Patrol said in a statement to AFP. “As NGOs have reached their capacities, CBP has released family units at transportation hubs during daylight hours when the weather does not endanger those released.”

They’re running out of options. It has come to this.