During an announcement, U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar cautioned cities like San Antonio that providing travel funds leads to more migrant arrivals.
U.S. Rep Henry Cuellar announced more funds for migrant aid in San Antonio on Friday, but also warned local officials about their approaches to travel funds.San Antonio’s migrant aid, which had been dwindling rapidly, will soon get an infusion of $17.8 million from the federal government, U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar announced Friday.
Whoops! There was an error and we couldn't process your subscription. Please reload the page and try again., as well as feeding migrants while they’re in San Antonio and other efforts put on by the city, Catholic Charities, the San Antonio Food Bank and other groups that help asylum-seeking migrants.
In 2023, local governments were allowed to use 10% of their federal funds for lodging and transportation, but the Federal Emergency Management Agency has removed those limitations for 2024, according to Cuellar’s office.from the federal government for immigration-related work since January 2021. During that time, an estimated 600,000 migrants have passed through the city, often on their way to friends and family in other destinations, according to the City of San Antonio.
“I talked to San Antonio and Laredo, they were asking for more money,” Cuellar told reporters. “I said, ‘Yeah, I understand. But now we don’t compete with only border communities, now you compete with New York, Chicago and other places.'”Cuellar said he negotiated money for the SSP program against the preference of his Republican colleagues, who didn’t want to fund it at all this year.
“For migrants, they get to Laredo, and all they want to do is, ‘No, no, we’ll take a little bit of water and food, but we’re ready to go to San Antonio,'” Cuellar said.
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