Annunciation House, a nonprofit organization, recorded where 1,545 migrants went after leaving an El Paso shelter during the month of February. Many went to the Southeast and Midwest, not traditional landing spots for migrants.
U.S. destinations of 1,545 migrants who passed through an El Paso shelter during February. Annunciation House, a nonprofit organization that helps shelter and arrange transportation for migrants, recorded the migrants' country of origin and destination.
Annunciation House arranges with U.S. authorities to take those released from custody into local shelters and then help them arrange travel to their destinations in the U.S. interior. The White House has been floating plans to ship migrants to “sanctuary cities” — localities that limit cooperation with federal immigration authorities — and then release them there, trying to retaliate against Democratic lawmakers who have blocked funding for more immigration detention beds. Though authorities have said there is no operational plan in place to do so, President Trump tweeted Friday that such plans are under “strong consideration.
A group of migrants head inside for food at a temporary shelter in El Paso, Tex., on March 28. The The Annunciation House organizes various places for migrants to go for shelter after their release from immigration custody, and then helps them reach their destinations across the country. Guatemalans Guatemala in recent months has surpassed Mexico as the leading source of unauthorized migrants at the U.S. border.
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