A day before a pandemic-era restriction that allowed the U.S. to rapidly turn back millions of migrants and asylum-seekers is set to lift, the city of El Paso is trying to abate a humanitarian crisis that is only expected to get worse.
Venezuelan asylum-seeker Yohan Torres Ugas has camped outside the Opportunity Center in El Paso, Texas, as he tries to seek political asylum for himself and his 19-year-old son Santiago.EL PASO, Texas — Outside of a homeless shelter in downtown El Paso, where hundreds of migrants have been camping out in recent weeks, fear and confusion hung in the air.
José, who asked that his full name not be used for fear of retribution from immigration authorities, was trying to reach his wife and 4-year-old daughter in Atlanta, after they were separated from him and allowed into the U.S. about three weeks ago. El Paso and other Texas cities have declared a state of emergency in anticipation of the policy change.Migrants surrender themselves for processing of immigration and asylum claims in El Paso on Wednesday.
“It’s been very troubling for us that we’re not in a position to be able to provide the level of assistance that’s needed, just simply due to the large numbers of people that we’re working with,” said John Martin, deputy director of the Opportunity Center for the Homeless.Paul Ratje / Bloomberg via Getty Images
Further complicating the situation is that, because of federal funding, many shelters can only take in migrants that have already been processed, not those who crossed illegally. “Our fear is that they’ll deport us and we’ll have to start over after everything it’s cost us,” he said. “It took us months struggling to get here, through the jungle, multiple countries, risking our lives. We cannot go back to Venezuela.”
“It’s difficult to move around here because we have no money. If we had money, we could go somewhere else."
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