About 2,200 migrants are currently camped or living on the streets a few blocks from major ports of entry in the Texas border city of El Paso.
asylum at the border and deporting those deemed not qualified, and a five-year ban on reentry for those deported.
But those flights only work if countries accept them. Venezuela does not. And Colombia says it’s suspending deportation flights due to “cruel and degrading” treatment of migrants. The federal government gives money to communities to help them deal with the increases in migrants. On Friday had been disbursed to 35 local governments and service organizations. Most goes to communities close to the border “due to the urgencies they are confronting,” but cities far from the border also get funds.
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