The plan calls for a permanent center that migrants and asylum seekers can use while they finalize travel arrangements to other parts of the country. Although the plan calls for federal funding, there is currently no funding to support it.
Border Patrol agents have dropped off more than 1,000 migrants and asylum seekers in the streets of San Diego since the San Diego County Migrant Welcome Center shut down Feb. 22.
The board voted 4-1 in favor of accepting an advocacy plan report for the transfer site and directed Sarah Aghassi, interim chief administrative officer, to update the plan as needed. “The plan can be used to advocate uniformly at the federal and state level with a very specific ask that will address the situation in its entirety,” Aghassi said.“I personally don’t have a lot of hope given what’s happening in Congress, that our request is going to be heeded,” said Supervisor Tara Lawson-Remer. “But I think it’s incumbent upon us to have done the work and done our due diligence and put forward a plan.
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