As of 1 p.m. Wednesday, April 24, Las Cruces has received and served 2,063 asylum seekers in total since federal authorities began dropping off migrants on April 12.
The total number of asylum seekers received Tuesday was 188. Wednesday, Las Cruces received 50 people before 1 p.m., according to a city news release.
The possible shelter locations include: Gospel Rescue Mission, El Caldito, Community of Hope, Crisis Triage, San Jose, and El Calvario (and the city is still exploring the use of Frank O’Brien Papen Center). A regional Border Patrol official told Doña Ana County commissioners Tuesday
the agency is dropping off migrants in Las Cruces because the sheer
numbers arriving at the border are overwhelming the federal capacity to
hold them. Local officials have called the situation a crisis because
resources to serve the people dropped off are slim.
A
total of 234 people were sheltered in Las Cruces over Tuesday night.
While many migrants are routed onto buses or planes within about a day's
span to go to other parts of the country, some must stay up to a few
days until their travel arrangements are set. They're bound for sponsors
and court hearings in other parts of the country...MORE
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