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| White House asked Democratic El Paso mayor not to declare migrant state of emergency: report |
| 2022-10-19 |
| [FoxNews] The White House is pressuring El Paso, Texas, officials not to declare a state of emergency in the face of mass illegal immigration. Democratic Mayor Oscar Leeser allegedly told a member of the El Paso City Council in a private conversation that the White House has urged him not to declare a state of emergency. "He told me the White House asked him not to," Councilmember Claudia Rodriguez told the New York Post. A declaration has been expected from Leeser in recent weeks as the city's immigration struggles have become more prominent on the national level. At least three of the eight El Paso City Council members have already asked Leeser to make an emergency declaration. This week, the Biden administration, which has faced enormous political pressure over the nearly two-year crisis, announced a combined border operation with Mexico. That operation involves increased checkpoints and more resources to handle the migrant surge. El Paso has launched a new migrant data dashboard that gives a glimpse into the extraordinary numbers the border city is seeing as part of the ongoing migrant crisis racking the southwest border. The Migrant Situational Awareness Dashboard, available on the city’s website, offers a breakdown of the massive numbers being encountered and released into the community. According to the data, the numbers went from less than 1,700 releases per week into the community during the summer to over 6,800 last week. The number of migrants in CBP custody has also jumped from fewer than 3,000 a few weeks ago to over 4,500. The data show that there are over 1,000 being released into the community each day on average, while the city is providing over 900 meals a day to hungry migrants. Related: El Paso: 2022-10-02 Abbott, O'Rourke spar over border security in Texas during lone debate El Paso: 2022-09-19 Good Morning El Paso: 2022-09-19 'I am helping them get to their preferred destination': Democratic El Paso mayor justifies sending migrants to NYC - and says 'we don't send anyone where they don't want to go' |
| Posted by:Skidmark |
| #2 Brandon was raised by Puerto Ricans, so he gets El Paso? |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2022-10-19 18:54 |
| #1 Emergency declarations are for Martha's Vineyard level of invasion not for the lower levels that El Paso is surely experiencing. |
| Posted by: Super Hose 2022-10-19 12:23 |