Reeling from migrant surge, El Paso asks feds for help
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Ali Bradley
Posted: Dec 15, 2022 / 07:55 AM CST | Updated: Dec 15, 2022 / 09:16 AM CST

(NewsNation) — The city of El Paso continues to be overrun as migrants surge into the city with no end in sight. 

Some have been sleeping on the streets and cannot afford a bus or plane ticket.

Over the summer, the city stepped in and provided resources and transportation, but this time around, El Paso says this is a job for the federal government.

While the city is choosing to step back from the crisis, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott is saying others are doing too much when it comes to helping migrants.

Abbott says he will start investigating the non-government organizations that are assisting migrants, after reports that the NGOs were helping transport migrants across the southern border.

A migrant surge has been sending shock waves through the community still reeling from a massive migrant influx that subsided in October.

The city spent more than $9 million over the course of 4 months busing migrants, providing shelter and opening welcome centers.

Now the city is saying it’s time for the federal government to do the job.

“We would have a lot more resources, and the people of El Paso would probably feel not only safer, but we’re no longer funding an operation,” said City Councilwoman Claudia Rodriguez. “That is not our responsibility to fund.”
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OK, Greg Abbott - what are you doing? This is an invasion. Make it stop.