Ahead of Title 42 expiring on Thursday, local Houston area resources are preparing for migrant buses to arrive in the area.
FOX 26 Reporter Matthew Seedorff has more on what some nonprofits are doing ahead of migrants arriving in Houston.Massive waves of migrants are already arriving at the southern United States border in anticipation of Title 42 ending Thursday.
To alleviate the strain on resources near the border, temporarily approved asylum seekers are transported to towns further from the border until their court appearance. "[The migrants are] processed by Homeland Security Border Patrol," said Karina Hernandez, Director of the Houston Transfer Center. "So, they have permission to be here until they get to go to court."The Catholic Charities program is funded through federal resources such as FEMA. Since October, they have processed more than 3,000 migrants through the Houston location at a local hotel.
Currently, Hernandez says they typically process two or three busloads of migrants per week in Houston. Each bus has roughly 50 migrants on it. However, as Title 42 ends, Hernandez recognizes they could see additional migrant buses. They’re capable of processing fiv migrant buses per week.
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