The El Paso City Council unanimously voted to extend its emergency declaration by at least 30 days as the humanitarian crisis that has resulted in scores of migrants sleeping in the street continues.
The action came from several council representatives and residents late Friday night who spoke during the public comment section of the emergency meeting and deplored what they called the"militarization" of the Texas border by Gov. Greg Abbott.
Three days later, under the cover of darkness, Texas National Guard troops stationed Humvees and staged reams of concertina wire on northern edge of the Rio Grande. The soldiers gripped their rifles in the face of men, women and children seeking asylum. Migrants crossed the Rio Grande and approach the Texas National Guard to enquire when they will be allowed to be processed by Customs and Border Protection to seek asylum in El Paso, Texas on Dec. 20, 2022.
In cases where migrants insist on sleeping in the streets, the city has parked buses at the curbside so the migrants can use them as heating stations."What we're doing now is strictly a band-aid on a broken system that needs to be fixed," Mayor Oscar Leeser told the council and those attending the meeting.The council's action extends the declaration issued Dec. 17 by Leeser that was set to expire Saturday.
The mayor also announced that FEMA has promised to send an additional $7 million to assist the city and El Paso County. He also noted that the Red Cross has pledged to bring 10,000 cots to the city and keep them there through January. The city is planning to use a local school to shelter families. Emergency plans are looking to prepare a second EPISD school property to serve as a shelter.
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