El Paso County told The Post it’s close to finalizing agreements with non-profits in Dallas, Austin and Denver to transport migrants out of the overwhelmed border city.
The pandemic-era policy has allowed the US Border Patrol to kick out many South and Central Americans seeking refuge in the US and return them to Mexico immediately.The local government has been working with Catholic Charities in Houston since October.
Karina Hernandez of Catholic Charities in Houston said those big cities are their top two destinations, outside of migrants who decide to stay in Houston.According to one organization, New York City and Chicago is where the migrants really want to land.“Ninety-nine percent of migrants who get connected from us to El Paso buy their own bus tickets or their plane ticket out of Houston.”
Catholic Charities also uses public funds to pay for hotel rooms for migrants who might have a flight the next day and need a place to sleep., where 1,300 migrants have arrived in the last week alone.showed Friday.“Direct flights are really affordable so we have several options with our airport beside flying out of El Paso,” Hernandez shared.
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