Border Patrol opens processing tents for migrants in Otay Mesa [Breaking]
San Diego Border Patrol agents now have a soft-sided facility to use for processing apprehended migrants — seemingly the first of its kind in California.
about the facility. “CBP consistently evaluates operational requirements to determine if additional temporary facilities will be needed.”The 130,786-square-foot facility is weatherproof and climate-controlled, according to CBP, and is supposed to have areas for eating, sleeping, and personal hygiene. Its design is similar to other recently constructed soft-sided facilities, CBP said.
The number of apprehensions has trended gradually upward over the past year. Over the same quarter the year before, agents made more than 41,400 apprehensions. In December, the migrant shelters that typically receive those being released from Border Patrol custody filled to capacity because of flight cancellations and a slowdown in people leaving the shelters for their final destinations elsewhere in the country. Border Patrol responded by leaving asylum seekers, including families with young children, at bus stations. Some of the migrants didn’t have phones or money to make their way to their loved ones across the U.S.
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