because border patrol stations are dealing with overcrowding. they have to clear out space. i m told these are parole releases. what s that mean? that means they don t get an immigration charge. instead, they re asked to just please turn themselves into ice in a city of their choosing within 30 days or so. once the feds drop em off, an ngo lines em up single file and walks them across the street right near a bus terminal here where they get on buses and are free to travel wherever they want to elsewhere across the united states. i talked to some people going to nebraska and louisiana today. if we can pull up these photos right here, my sources are telling me the government is now giving these migrants these phones instead of ankle monitors in some cases. the phones are used to apparently track the migrants and establish a line of communication between them and ice, but those sources tell me there s really nothing stopping the migrants from just discarding the phones or throwing them
released. we may not have the video yet. as you look at the video of the men getting off the bus, similar to what we saw, same spot back in january i m told there are more buses coming. these releases have been happening every day by the hundreds because of border patrol over capacity. mostly parole releases. no immigration charge. essentially told to please turn themselves into ice in a city of their choosing within 15 days or a certain time frame. i m told if we can pull up the photo here they re being given these phones which are used to try to track the migrants and also communicate with ice. they are paid for by taxpayers, not regular phones. but they are being used in lieu of ankle monitors in certain cases. i am told there is nothing stopping these migrants from throwing away the phone and disappearing if they want to. one last thing we want to point
adult men, there have been single adult women mixed in. what you will notice, there are no families, no young children. again, it is all single adults. they are dropped off here at this parking garage, walked behind a black tarp that seems to be trying to obstruct public view, they go into this little office and didn t know what happens in there. what we are told is border patrol facility here in the rio grande facility are way overcapacity so they have to clear out space. take a look at the second piece of video. after they are done in the office, a local n.g.o. walks them across the street, single file line, get the travel paperwork, some get little bags and walked to a nearby bus terminal where they are free to travel wherever they want to go. border patrol sources telling me mostly parole releases, meaning they are not getting an immigration charge, they are instead basically asked to please turn themself in to i.c.e. in a city of their choosing in the next 15 to 30 days or so. i m
happening because local border patrol facilities are over capacity. this is the parole pathway. they don t get an immigration charge. instead they re asking to please turn themselves into an ice office in state of their choosing within 15 days. many migrants are being given government-issued phones to communicate with ice and tracked. but i m told by my sources there is nothing stopping these migrants from tossing these phones away and disappearing if they want to. when the federal government used what s called ntrs last year notice to report where they asked people to turn themselves in to ice in a two-month span more than 47,000 people flat out never showed up. and the government stopped issuing ntrs because of that. this is mass releases because border patrol is overcapacity. these releases are happening
releases all over the place. they then go to an ngo and we ll show you what happens next. if we can pull up this second piece of video. once they go to the ngo, a representative walks those migrants across the street, single file line and walk them down to a nearby bus terminal where they get on buses or get taken to the airport and free to travel wherever they want. what i m being told, these are all parole releases, meaning they don t get an immigration charge. they re released and asked to turn themselves in to ice in a city of choosing. this is what they get. instead of ankle monitors, i m being told the government is giving them these phones, which they will use to try to track the migrants and establish a line of communication between them and ice. now these are not regular phones. they re not taken selfies and posting on instagram. it s meant to communicate with the government. sources say there s nothing stopping the migrants from discarding the phones and disappearing in to th