McALLEN, TEXAS (Border Report) — Crickets were literally heard chirping Wednesday inside the empty Humanitarian Respite Center run by Catholic Charities of the Rio Grande Valley to help migrants.
In a giant room where just two months ago upwards of 1,000 migrants could be seen on any given day... there were only volunteers cleaning unused mats and two police guards at the front entrance on Wednesday...
U.S. Customs and Border Protection and Border Patrol are not releasing the migrants to her center like they used to.
The reason is that on July 17, the Trump administration implemented Migrant Protection Protocols (MPP), also called “Remain in Mexico,” in South Texas. Since mid-July, almost all of the migrants apprehended in the Rio Grande Valley sector, which includes the counties of Hidalgo, Starr, Willacy and Cameron, have been driven by Border Patrol or CBP officials to the base of the Gateway International Bridge, which crosses from Brownsville, Texas, to Matamoros, Mexico. Migrants are then told to walk over the bridge and wait in Matamoros until their asylum hearing dates...
On Tuesday, the Trump Administration released new figures showing a dramatic drop in apprehension numbers across the Southwest border... in September, only 52,546 migrants were apprehended on the Southwest border — the lowest number in fiscal 2019 — and a decrease of more than 60 percent from May apprehension rates...
(because of) - MPP (Wait in Mexico Policy) - Beefed up security by Mexican forces on their southern border - Agreements reached “in principle” with Guatemala to have migrants apply for asylum there. - “Negotiated agreements with El Salvador and Honduras on asylum” - And the construction of a border wall.
A White House news release quoted President Trump as saying “We have taken very unprecedented action to stop the flow of illegal immigration.”
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In a giant room where just two months ago upwards of 1,000 migrants could be seen on any given day... there were only volunteers cleaning unused mats and two police guards at the front entrance on Wednesday...
U.S. Customs and Border Protection and Border Patrol are not releasing the migrants to her center like they used to.
The reason is that on July 17, the Trump administration implemented Migrant Protection Protocols (MPP), also called “Remain in Mexico,” in South Texas. Since mid-July, almost all of the migrants apprehended in the Rio Grande Valley sector, which includes the counties of Hidalgo, Starr, Willacy and Cameron, have been driven by Border Patrol or CBP officials to the base of the Gateway International Bridge, which crosses from Brownsville, Texas, to Matamoros, Mexico. Migrants are then told to walk over the bridge and wait in Matamoros until their asylum hearing dates...
On Tuesday, the Trump Administration released new figures showing a dramatic drop in apprehension numbers across the Southwest border... in September, only 52,546 migrants were apprehended on the Southwest border — the lowest number in fiscal 2019 — and a decrease of more than 60 percent from May apprehension rates...
(because of) - MPP (Wait in Mexico Policy) - Beefed up security by Mexican forces on their southern border - Agreements reached “in principle” with Guatemala to have migrants apply for asylum there. - “Negotiated agreements with El Salvador and Honduras on asylum” - And the construction of a border wall.
A White House news release quoted President Trump as saying “We have taken very unprecedented action to stop the flow of illegal immigration.”
(Excerpt) Read more at bigcountryhomepage.com ...
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Trump....ALWAYS WORKING to make things better for Americans....saving us billions of dollars in AID TO THE INVADERS!
