As journalists for the Houston Chronicle and San Antonio Express-News, we’d set out to follow one of Gov. Greg Abbott’s Operation Lone Star buses offering asylum seekers rides to liberal northern cities.
After crossing the Rio Grande, migrants walk toward the Texas National Guard to surrender to officials in Eagle Pass, Texas, Tuesday, Sept. 20, 2022. An increased number of migrants have been crossing in the area in the past few years.A U.S. Border Patrol agent talks with migrants who surrendered to Texas National Guard by the Camino Real International Bridge in Eagle Pass, Texas, Tuesday, Sept. 20, 2022. A surge of migrants crossing has been seen in the area. Texas Gov.
Inside the shelter where Border Patrol had dropped off the migrants after processing their asylum claims and assigning them court dates, toddlers clutched donated Captain America dolls and chased each other around a play area designated with rubber mats. Their parents tried to connect with friends or family members who could wire them money for the bus to San Antonio.
Maestri did not have a set destination when he was taken into Border Patrol custody, so they assigned him a court date in New York City, he said. No one at the shelter could tell him when one of Abbott’s buses to New York might leave, however, so he decided to get one step closer by heading to the Windy City.
Texas State Guard officials help migrants sign up for a free Chicago-bound bus provided by Gov. Greg Abbott's office, at Mission: Border Hope in Eagle Pass, Texas, Thursday, Sept. 22, 2022.They signed waivers agreeing to be transported to Chicago and absolving the state of Texas from liability.
The bus pulled off the highway about 1:30 a.m. at the second exit in Arkansas, and lingered in the darkness for nearly an hour, but still the passengers were not allowed off. As the Eagle Pass bus with Louisiana plates traveled through the south Chicago suburbs, the man onboard began messaging us in search of basic information. Was there a refugee center in Chicago, and if so, could we help him get there? Would we be able to assist him in finding a money wire service to collect a remittance from a relative?
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