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U.S. Border Patrol has released thousands of migrants on San Diego’s

streets, taxing charities

By ELLIOT SPAGAT
Associated Press
SAN DIEGO (AP) — Over five years, the largest U.S. city on the Mex-
ican border developed a well-oiled system to shelter asylum-seek-
ers. That system is being tested like never before as U.S. Customs
and Border Protection releases migrants to the streets of Califor-
nia’s second-largest city because shelters are full. Since Sept. 13,
about 13,000 have been dropped at transit stations with notices
to appear in immigration court at their final destinations in the U.S.,
with about 500 more arriving daily.
Migrant aid groups blame a mix of circumstances for the shelter
crunch: reduced government funding; CBP’s practice of send-
ing migrants from Texas and Arizona to be processed in San Di-
ego; and a surge in illegal crossings. Last week, President Joe Bi-
den’s administration advanced plans for a border wall in Texas’
Rio Grande Valley and said it would resume deportation flights to
Venezuela.
Before they are released in San Diego, some migrants being
dropped off have been waiting between a double-layer border
wall or camping under Border Patrol watch in remote mountains Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., speaks to the media about efforts to
east of the city. CBP closed a major pedestrian border crossing pass appropriations bills and avert a looming government shutdown, at the Capitol in
from Tijuana, Mexico, on Sept. 14 and assigned more officials to Washington, Friday, Sept. 29, 2023.
processing migrants. Associated Press
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