AUSTIN, Texas — A massive Border Patrol facility in El Paso erected to ensure immigrants were not detained outside has blown past its four-figure capacity, leaving hundreds of people to face near-freezing temperatures outdoors, the Washington Examiner has learned.
Since Friday, Border Patrol agents in El Paso, Texas, have interdicted more than 10,000 noncitizens who illegally entered the United States from the Mexican city of Ciudad Juarez, according to data shared by the city of El Paso. The Border Patrol's El Paso Sector Central Processing Center was completed in 2020, while former President Donald Trump was still in office. It is legally permitted to hold 1,040 people inside.
— PSAFLIVE December 12, 2022 The CBP said in a statement Tuesday that it releases immigrants to nongovernmental organizations that work with the city and state to shelter people in the short term, provide food and medical care, and help them make travel arrangements. "They are trying to cross now due to T42 ending soon, which is going to make the process of getting released longer," the second official wrote in a text message Monday."The system that's in place won't be able to accommodate thousands of people on a daily basis."
Up until last week, Border Patrol agents in El Paso had deployed at least one Temporary Outdoor Processing Site container to downtown by the border. The express consignment shipping containers have multiple agents inside to begin processing people in custody as immigrants are apprehended.
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