Sometimes, churches and shelters get word from Ice that they are bringing people released from detention into the care of family or sponsors in the US. Ice is releasing an average of 2,000 migrants a week just in the area around Las Cruces and the nearby border city of El Paso, Texas. “The only reason Ice releases these migrants is because they don’t have enough detention facilities for all of the families – if not they would be releasing a lot fewer migrants,” he added. She said the local bus station called the shelter recently about a group of 20 people who were dropped off there by an Ice bus. She tells them which of a dozen local churches have space after Ice shares how many asylum seekers will be released.

Source: The Guardian December 27, 2018 06:02 UTC