The San Diego County Board of Supervisors Tuesday unanimously declared the lack of federal resources for asylum seekers a humanitarian crisis, along with making several recommendations.
The vote follows recent public concern over migrants being dropped in the San Diego County area by U.S. border agents.
"Every day, all over the world, people make the most difficult decision to leave their lives in search of a safer and better life," Vargas said, adding the county"always steps up to meet the challenges when people needed it the most." Desmond mentioned having visited a transit center Sunday in Oceanside and heard people who were dropped off asking,"Where am I?"
Both Desmond and Vargas praised the efforts of various nonprofits which have helped migrants with food, shelter or other resources. Representatives from some of those organizations, while supporting the declaration, also asked the county to do more. A woman who said she was a member of Pilgrim United Church of Christ in Carlsbad, suggested that the county needed to apply for badly needed Federal Emergency Management Agency money, as one example.
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