Withdrawing money.
Where’s it coming from?
Chini said some of the people he has escorted wanted to withdraw a lot more money than the cost of a plane ticket.
“They’re getting money like you would not believe,” he said. “I went with a guy — he wants to withdraw $25,000.”
The money has to be coming from somewhere.
Those with money are staying at Travis Park Church downtown one night before heading out to their final destinations the following day.
Catholic Charities is paying for bus and train tickets for those who say they cannot afford them. Since early June, the organization said it has paid for 300 plane tickets for Congolese and Angolans alone.
While many Central Americans show up having final destinations in mind, with family members in the country who can pay for their tickets and put them up, African families' plans are not always so clearly defined. The city said the top destination so far for Congolese families is Portland, Maine, followed by New York City and Buffalo, New York.
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