More immigrants are expected to make their way to Houston with the end of Title 42, the COVID-19 health rule.
Migrants waiting at a chance to gain approval to enter the country, may have an opportunity as Title 42 ends this Thursday.Houston-area legal aid officials and nonprofit groups need to gear up for the possible arrival of about 30,000 to 40,000 migrants awaiting the ability to enter the country as the pandemic era immigration policy ends.
Lira said despite trying to cross in droves – only this amount of those attempting to get into the country may be able do so. But they face more of an opportunity now that Title 42 – a COVID-19 order, expires on Thursday. According to Lira, this will be the first of many waves of asylum seekers who have been waiting in border-towns like Laredo, Ciudad Juárez and Matamoros – among others, he said.
Lira shares Yang’s concerns and said he anticipates that despite these migrants’ best attempts, many of these law enforcement officials will be turning them away in droves. Terry Cody, legal director of the Charities of Galveston-Houston, Cabrini Center for Immigrant Legal Assistance providing legal, said in an effort to get this information to those who are in need their center hosts “Charla” three times a month – meetings where those who are seeking asylum or are at any stage of the immigration application can be educated on the process.
The Cabrini Center, League of Latin American Citizens, and American Gateways all provide legal resources through staff or partnered attorneys in each of these stages of the immigration process – mostly for low or no costs as many of these migrants wouldn’t otherwise be able to have access or afford it.
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