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| Central American migrants in Texas flown to Arizona and released |
| 2014-05-29 |
| (Reuters) - Authorities flew 400 people suspected of entering the United States illegally to Arizona over the weekend and released them at bus stops because detention facilities were full after a surge in migrants, U.S. officials said on Thursday. Over the past month, detention facilities in Texas overflowed with migrants for the first time as a large influx of Central Americans crossed the border into the Rio Grande Valley, said Andy Adame, a U.S. Border Patrol spokesman in Tucson, Arizona. "We have enough manpower, it's due to detention space," Adame said in explaining why the immigrants, mostly families with young children, were sent to Arizona. The 400 migrants who crossed into Texas were transferred into the custody of ICE and released, dropped off at bus stops in Tucson and Phoenix, according to that agency. Immigration and Customs Enforcement said the migrants will be required to report within 15 days to an agency office near where they were dropped off, and their cases will then be handled based on immigration enforcement priorities. |
| Posted by:Anguper Hupomosing9418 |
| #1 This is just too f....ed up for words...Where are the libs moaning the carbon emissions... |
| Posted by: Warthog 2014-05-29 21:26 |