Mayor Brandon Johnson on Wednesday defended his administration’s decision to contract with a private security firm to help place the new asylum seekers in base camps before winter.
over the past year, the two buses that arrived from El Paso, Texas, over the weekend — the first from that city since December 2022 — could indicate that border crossings are at one of the highest rates in recent history and the city could see an increase in buses in the coming weeks.
With nowhere to put new arrivals, Johnson on Wednesday defended his administration’s decision to contract with a private security firm to help place them in base camps despite the company attracting controversy related to its handling of migrants elsewhere. “We are a sanctuary state. We are a sanctuary county, a sanctuary city,” Johnson said. “You know, this is a dynamic that we’re all working to solve. And you know, the political dynamics that have provoked this moment, it’s incumbent upon all of us to continue our work and the sacrifices that we all have to make to ensure that families get a chance to resettle and really experience comfort here.”
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