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SAN ANTONIO – Over the previous few days, hundreds of migrants have arrived in Eagle Pass, and a few have already made their option to San Antonio.
All round, outside and inside of the Migrant Resource Center at the 7000 block of San Pedro, teams of dozens of migrants may also be observed in every single place.
“When you got here, how were the things inside?” 12 reporter John Paul Barajas requested.
“We haven’t even made it inside, we just got here,” a Venezuelan migrant mentioned.
The first migrant we spoke to requested to stay nameless. He and his daughter had simply arrived from Eagle Pass. He didn’t know the way lengthy it might take to get throughout the MRC, however in step with any other migrant who arrived Tuesday, it took him part a day.
“I got here At 11 last night…”
“But you didn’t get inside until…” Barajas requested.
“Not until 9 in the morning, so like 9-10 hours,” he mentioned.
Catholic Charities operates the MRC they usually despatched 12 a remark.
“The MRC Centro de Bienvenida has seen an increase in migrants from the border over the last four weeks. We are averaging 750 per day. Countries of origin include Venezuela, Honduras, Haiti, Guatemala, and Colombia. Once in our care, our role is to provide humanitarian aid with food, clothing, and case management.”
12 was once now not given numerous what number of migrants are these days on the MRC. The capacity of the middle is 700, however 12 didn’t get a reaction when requested about how they’re dealing with a median selection of people that’s greater than their capacity.
Throughout the day, empty constitution and faculty buses arrived to pick out migrants up. 12 requested Catholic Charities the place they had been taken they usually mentioned, “likely the airport.”
“I got a bed; I got three beds because I have my wife and three boys,” a migrant mentioned.
That migrant says he feels fortunate to have a mattress, as a result of now not everybody will, including many people are drowsing in the back of dumpsters and within the ditch in the back of the MRC.
“Thank god that I’m here because everyone has a dream or a mission, but there’s a lot of migrants that are coming,” he mentioned.
12 has contacted each town and county leaders about how they plan to care for the inflow of migrants, however they have got now not but replied.
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