Reversing one Trump policy, Biden has allowed many asylum seekers to enter the United States. By not reversing another, however, many thousands are still being expelled.
Feb. 21—HARLINGEN — Organizations are preparing for the arrival of unknown numbers of asylum seekers in the next few weeks. Loaves and Fishes in Harlingen in partnership with Angry Tias and Abuelas are seeking donations for items needed by families coming in beginning next Monday. Cindy Candia, who is a part of Angry Tias said the process can be confusing for asylum seekers but they will .
A man in Pflugerville, Texas, walks to his friend s house Feb. 15 in a neighborhood that had no electricity. (CNS/USA Today Network via Reuters/Austin American-Statesman/Bronte Wittpenn)
On Thursday morning, Bob Fleming put out a call to his network of faith-based organizations, asking how people in the Houston area were coping with the record-breaking winter storm that has gripped much of Texas this week. For those asking, it s four days later and I still don t have power. I ve been looking for a hotel since day two. We got power for maybe 20 minutes yesterday and then it went back out. It s devastating for me and my two children, said one woman.
It s life or death : Migrants desperately wait for Biden immigration policy changes at US-Mexico border Rick Jervis and Lauren Villagran, USA TODAY
Migrants await new Biden immigration policies
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NUEVO LAREDO, Mexico In the large, open patio of the El Buen Samaritano shelter in this border city, migrants sat in plastic picnic chairs and formed a large semi-circle around Pastor Lorenzo Ortiz as he fielded questions about the latest changes in U.S. immigration policies.
Some of the migrants balanced babies on their knees, others coddled toddlers. A crumbling two-story concrete building stood nearby, where the migrants eat rice and refried beans with tortillas and sleep on cots or mattresses on the floor.
DALLAS About a thousand asylum-seekers in a tent camp in Matamoros near the Rio Grande spent a frigid and anxious Monday night in below-freezing temperatures as a winter storm spread across Texas and northern Mexico. “We are frozen here,” texted a Honduran man at the camp named Rolando who asked that his full name not be used because of the nature of his persecution claim in U.S. immigration .