Friday, December 26, 2014

Immigrants still surging into Texas shelters

Immigrants still surging into Texas shelters:
"Pimentel oversees the volunteer effort providing short-term shelter to some of the thousands of women and children who have trekked to Texas from Central America.
About 52,300 families surrendered to the U.S. Border Patrol in the Rio Grande Valley during the 2014 fiscal year, an increase of more than 500 percent over 2013. 
About 50,000 unaccompanied children were caught or surrendered to border agents in the Valley in fiscal year 2014.
....“It doesn’t look like it’s going to end any time soon,” Pimentel said. “[The Border Patrol] considered the fact that we’re here and we’re prepared to receive them.”"

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