Border Patrol is dropping off hundreds of migrants at San Diego trolley station after welcome center closes

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Border Patrol is dropping off hundreds of migrants at San Diego trolley station after welcome center closes
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“Street releases” resume at the California border after a migrant welcome center closed, saying its resources were 'stretched to the limit.'

Border Patrol is dropping off hundreds of migrants at San Diego trolley station after welcome center closes

Many of the migrants who arrived over the weekend had been in Border Patrol custody but were released on what the federal government calls “humanitarian parole.” Some were disoriented and unclear about where they were, as they got off buses Saturday and Sunday at the Iris Street trolley station in San Diego. Some weren’t sure if they were still being detained.

Migrants put on their shoelaces and gather their belongings after being dropped off by Border Patrol agents at Iris Avenue Transit Center in San Diego on Feb. 25, 2024. Photo by Adriana Heldiz, CalMatters The nonprofit provided transportation, wifi, phone-charging stations, food, travel advice and other services. The group aimed to keep the center open through March, but Thursday was its last day because its “finite resources have been stretched to the limit” amid a significant increase in migrant arrivals, CEO Kathie Lembo said last week.

“If you speak Spanish, please walk down the sidewalk this way,” volunteers shouted as group after group of migrants left the federal buses. “English, over here!” waved another volunteer. “We really feel strongly there is a continuous role here for a whole-of-government approach, so we can be the welcoming region that we are known to be. We need to help people in a dignified manner,” Mondragon said.

“The state remains committed to supporting counties as they develop contingency plans to provide sheltering and other essential services for migrants,” he said. Migrants check their phones and make calls after being dropped off by Border Patrol agents at the Iris Avenue Transit Center in San Diego on Feb. 25, 2024. Photo by Adriana Heldiz, CalMatters

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