Downtown El Paso, Texas flooded with thousands of illegal immigrants, reports DEA News.
The United States is ending the Chapter 42 law, introduced on May 11 under the Trump administration, which allows authorities to deport immigrants if they come from areas with a high risk of coronavirus.
Therefore, a large number of illegal immigrants awaiting the repeal of Article 42 live in unsanitary conditions on the streets of the central part of the city. Nearly 1,700 people sleep under blankets near the Sacred Heart Church alone.
The majority of immigrants in the church expect to receive additional immigration or travel documents from the authorities. Immigrants started congregating in churches about a month ago, but a large concentration of illegal immigrants emerged just last week. Most of the migrants are young Venezuelan men, but there are also dozens of women and children on the streets. Some immigrants re-enter the US to stay there forever after being deported from the country by US authorities. to stay in the country after the American authorities had previously deported them.
It was previously reported that there were about 3,000 immigrants from Central and South America in a caravan. appeared north of the country from the Mexican city of Tapachula on the border with Guatemala to the US border.