El Paso’s Overseas Bus ProgramA Texas city official told The Post that there have been thousands of new border arrivals in New York City since August, which could end soon.
El Paso deputy city manager Mario D’Agostino said the Democrat-led border city may stop sending migrants to the Big Apple in light of the new Biden administration policy. Instead asylum seekers would deport Venezuelans back to Mexico If they enter the US illegally.
“We realize we won’t need charters, so at this point, we’re going to start handling it differently,” D’Agostino said.
Venezuelan migrants are arriving in El Paso from Mexico in historic numbers, about 2,100 a day. Migrants – those who enter the US illegally, then claim asylum, leading to a lengthy court process – making up a large proportion of immigrants settled in the Big Apple.
At the peak of its busing effort about two weeks ago, El Paso was sending between nine and 14 buses full of migrants to New York City daily.
but since Biden announced that Venezuela could be expelled from the country Under Trump-era Title 42 rules, bus numbers have dropped from four to eight vehicles per day.
Fewer buses would be welcome news for Big Apple Mayor Eric Adams, a Democrat who declared a “state of emergency” As he predicted earlier this month, the city’s influx of migrants would be $1 billion by next year.
New York City is currently in the midst of controversy Plan to build a “Tent City” For expatriates on Randall’s Island.
The Post was on the ground in El Paso on Sunday as four charter buses departed from the mostly Venezuelan city – two for New York and two for Chicago, another location El Paso is sending migrants to.
D’Agostino, who is in regular contact with the US Border Patrol and Mexican officials, said officials in El Paso have been told it would take seven to 10 days to see the number of Venezuelans allowed to remain in the country.
in present, Only some Venezuelan immigrants are being deported to MexicoAnd who is deported and the criteria for staying in the US are still unclear.
D’Agostino said the city realized they would no longer “need” the buses.
El Paso has been sending four to eight buses a day since the new Biden administration policy was announced.
El Paso was sending 14 buses of migrants to New York City two weeks ago.
Asylum-seekers line up for a bus outside the Migrant Welcome Center in El Paso, Texas, on October 16, 2022.
It is also not known how many Venezuelans returning to Mexico will try cross back into the country illegally,
el paso busing schedule, Texas Gov. Separates from Greg Abbott’s EffortsIt was created in August as a response to the increased number of Venezuelans visiting the border town.
People who had no family members or friends flocked to El Paso to send immigrant money and threatened to dismantle the homeless shelter system. In September, the city was Migrants forced to leave the streets to sleepA nightmare scenario for local leaders.
The number of migrant buses that El Paso travels out of state each day is 8 or more, after local leaders see how many beds are available in the city’s network of shelters and how many immigrants don’t. 9 nights in advance. money to get to their final destination cities, D’Agostino explained.
“We will continue to charter as long as there is sufficient demand to fill those charters,” D’Agostina said.