Lawmakers are hopeful the Rescue America stimulus relief package will pass in the Senate this weekend. If it does, Texas could receive more than $27 billion dollars in relief funding.
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The Mexican National Institute of Migrant wasn’t immediately available for comment. In some instances, certain family units in a small fraction of the border have not been able to be returned to their last point of origin, said Department of Homeland Security Spokesperson Stephanie Malin.
Malin added that CBP will adjust resources as needed to meet the demand at the border.
Border Patrol numbers show that the Rio Grande Valley sector has the highest number of children traveling alone and crossing the border illegally. In January 2020, the Valley saw more than 4,000 unaccompanied minor children. In January 2021, that number jumped to more than 7,000.
Asylum-seekers not yet allowed into U.S. through Brownsville port of entry
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Asylum-seekers at the migrant camp in Matamoros, Mexico, were expected to be allowed into the U.S. through the Brownsville port of entry on Monday, but that didn t happen.
Staffers at the Migrant Resource Center in Matamoros say migrants must first sign up on the United Nations refugee website, but an official says both the site and phone lines have been crashing.
Staffers say they re still waiting to hear back on direction from the White House.