ICE drops off large group of migrants at El Paso bus terminal, police say
Source: CNN
CNN)Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers dropped off more than 200 undocumented immigrants outside a Greyhound bus terminal in El Paso, Texas, on Sunday night without an apparent plan for housing them, according to Sgt. Robert Gomez, spokesman with the El Paso Police Department.
Police were first notified of the crowd at about 8 p.m. by officials at the bus terminal, who said individuals were trying to board buses without tickets.
"All of a sudden a bunch of people show up; ICE drops them off," said Greyhound spokeswoman Crystal Booker. "We weren't expecting it. We are not given prior notice."
The waiting area at the bus terminal is small, Gomez said, and many people were left standing outside in the cold. He said the group of 211 undocumented immigrants included some families and small children.
Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2018/12/24/us/el-paso-immigrants-ice/index.html
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Four buses later arrived for people to board and stay warm, he said.
"We weren't going to put 200 people on the streets of El Paso on a cold night. We wouldn't do that," Gomez said.
Authorities found housing for the migrants, including at a hotel and a nearby Catholic school, Gomez said.
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They turned a really bad situation into somewhat "nice" story (although not entirely)
SunSeeker
(51,658 posts)PatSeg
(47,567 posts)Things are getting crazier each day.
keithbvadu2
(36,876 posts)elleng
(131,073 posts)The Liberal Lion
(1,414 posts)because we the people continue to allow a criminal to sit in our white house illegally.
Edit:
Correction, because we the people continue to allow a criminal, traitor to sit in our white house illegally.
paleotn
(17,939 posts)when the Dems retake the white house....clean out ICE from top to bottom. Not just the political appointees. From low level officers to top brass. These people have got to go. And preferably, pay for their crimes.
This is (one) of the things that really worries me: that we're creating these things like ICE and they are taking root. Scary stuff to see how evil (?) can grow.
I know it's always been there - but it stunning to see how bold they're getting.
SkyDaddy7
(6,045 posts)I know ICE performs many functions but clearly something needs to be done to ensure TRUMPS disgustingly racist xenophobic attitude toward NON-WHITE immigrants that really seems to have spread throughout that agency doesnt set in & become its culture long after Trump is gone!
...Clearly ICE is trying to manufacture problems with immigrants where none exist in an effort to turn more & more Americans into hate filled xenophobes...Or Maybe theyre trying to create news in favor of Trumps stupid wall?
Or both!
summer_in_TX
(2,744 posts)Why does it seem like ICE may have targeted Beto's town with these sudden releases of detainees with no notice, no money, and no supplies? Testing him?
George II
(67,782 posts)Beto is soliciting donations to feed, clothe, and house them. If they were testing him, he passed with flying colors!
summer_in_TX
(2,744 posts)Thank goodness.
WhoWoodaKnew
(847 posts)du_grad
(221 posts)This link was posted in Facebook:
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This note from Beto follows:
The #GoodNews is, ICE in El Paso is releasing detained migrant families today and tomorrow. The #BadNews? They are without food, money, or help.
If you are a Put Christ back in Christmas type, nows your chance to prove it. DONATE HERE:
https://annunciationhouse.org/financial-donations/
They take PayPal. #NoExcuses
Thanks @BetoORourke
It leads to Annunciation House who is taking up donations to help these people who were left on the street.
https://annunciationhouse.org/financial-donations/?fbclid=IwAR2NDML4uRUOHPfZKnAM-88Lz3cd0mEgh3azod-nspO6HNja-4k29KUhhLE