Motorcyclists deliver 30,000 meals to migrants in Las Cruces
Meals that were otherwise being prepared to send to Honduras and Guatemala now also delivered in Las Cruces … Continue reading →
Category Archives: asylum
Flying immigrants for processing
It looks like CPB is now flying immigrants along the border from one station to another. … Continue reading →
Asylum assistance in other cities
Not quite sending asylum seekers to sanctuary cities, but recently a group in TX sent some migrants to Portland, ME. Why Portland? The reason appears to be that they had a good reputation for assisting African refugees and hence that … Continue reading →
A few more large groups in southern NM
A group of 424 near Sunland Park and 230 near Antelope Wells. This fits a familiar pattern of asylum seekers, mostly Central American, likely transported by bus to close to official crossings so they can claim asylum. What I do … Continue reading →
Pew Research border facts
Pew Research has an updated set of charts describing the border over the first six months of the government fiscal year … Continue reading →
Good Neighbor Settlement house
The Trump Administration has been releasing hundreds if not thousands of migrants in the Rio Grande Valley. One of the first stops for many in Brownsville is the Good Neighbor Settlement House, a homeless shelter. Normally there were a few … Continue reading →
March statistics
March statistics are in for the number of apprehensions along the southern border. As expected it went slightly over 100,000 (apprehensions plus “inadmissables”). High for the last five years but not necessarily historically when in early 2000s there was a … Continue reading →
Under the bridge in El Paso
An account of temporary holding pen under a bridge in El Paso. This particular holding pen didn’t last long before it was disbanded. Apparently, the optics weren’t good. There is some discussion as well on whether it was strictly necessary … Continue reading →
Large groups near Lukeville
Continued pattern of large groups of asylum seekers crossing remote border points to turn themselves over to border patrol. Here is the story from Lukeville We still need to see how the March numbers come in after 66,000 apprehensions in … Continue reading →
Breaking point?
Several stories this week about a large surge of migrants at least as a daily total. For a single day, the number of apprehensions is higher than it has been any other single day in past decade. The total for … Continue reading →