The city of El Paso, Texas has approved a $ 2 million expense to be used over the next 16 months to send illegal immigrants to other cities.
El Paso City Council has ratified a service contract with Gogo Charters LLC for the transportation of illegal immigrants. The company has already received $ 411,000 from the city, he said. Border report, citing a presentation to the board. More than 550 illegal immigrants who were released from federal immigration custody were taken away from El Paso. Buses from Sun Metro, El Paso’s public transportation provider, transported illegal immigrants to bus stations, the city’s airport and shelters.
El Paso city manager Tommy Gonzalez called the immigrant situation an “emergency” and stressed that the city has no funds set aside to deal with these “special circumstances”.
Speaking before the board, González made it clear that he is only allowed to spend $ 2 million using the services provided by Gogo Charters.
Last month, Mario D’Agostino, El Paso’s deputy municipal director, said the city receives reimbursement from the federal government for the money spent transporting illegal immigrants elsewhere.
The task of transporting illegal immigrants is carried out by the City Emergency Management Office. In a statement obtained from El Paso Matters, D’Agostino said such expenses are reimbursable through the Federal Emergency Management Agency. However, repayments can take up to six months.
The Epoch Times contacted the city’s Office of Management and Budget.
Foreigners on the rise
The US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has seen a massive increase in illegal immigrants trying to enter the United States through the El Paso border sector.
According to the last data According to the agency, border officials in El Paso met 228,951 illegal immigrants in fiscal year 2022 through July, a 46.9% increase from 155,883 meetings during the same period of fiscal 2021.
This period saw a 50.7% increase among single adult illegal immigrants and a 12.9% increase among unaccompanied minors.
The growing influx of illegal immigrants has turned the city into something like a “third world country,” said Rep Tony Gonzales (R-Texas) New York post.
With local shelters full, many illegal immigrants are now sleeping on the street, with little access to toilets. El Paso residents told ABC 7 that the smell of human waste has become overwhelming.
On September 15, Texas Governor Greg Abbott said in a Public on Twitter, that two buses of illegal immigrants were sent to the Naval Observatory in Washington, DC
“The vice president [Kamala] Harris says our border is “safe” and denies the crisis. We’re sending immigrants to your backyard to ask the Biden administration to do its job and secure the border, ”Abbot said.
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