The mayor of El Paso, Texas has declared a state of emergency amid a flux of migrants across the U.S.-Mexico border and ahead of an expected surge when Title 42 expires next week.
El Paso City Council member Claudia Rodriguez stresses the urgency of the crisis at the border as Title 42 is set to end
Officials in the City of El Paso, Texas have declared a state of emergency as border crossings have overwhelmedMayor Oscar Leeser announced the state of emergency during a press conference Saturday, saying he could no longer keep residents safe. "I said from the beginning that I would call it when I felt that either our asylum seekers or community were not safe," Leeser said, according to KFOX14.Border Patrol agents detain a group of migrants near the border wall, after they entered the United States from Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua state, Mexico, border with El Paso, Texas, US, on February 3, 2022.Migrants wait to get into a U.S. government bus after crossing the border from Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, to El Paso, Texas, Monday, Dec.
"That's not the way we want to treat people and by calling a state of an emergency it gives us the ability today to be able to do what we couldn't do until we called it," Leeser added. With the emergency declaration, Leeser is requesting additional resources and support from the state.
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