Under normal circumstances, migrants would have been taken to the Migrant Welcome Center, which was funded by $6 million from San Diego County. But that center closed Thursday.
SBCS has been running a migrant welcome center where asylum seekers can receive temporary services, such as Wi-Fi, food, transportation and temporary shelter, from nonprofits. The money should last until March.
Hours after Monica Montgomery Steppe became the first Black woman ever to serve on it, the county board approved another $3 million for migrant services, despite concerns from some local aid groups
Hours after Monica Montgomery Steppe became the first Black woman ever to serve on it, the county board approved another $3 million for migrant services, despite concerns from some local aid groups
Newly processed asylum seekers were previously being received at a public transit station, but $3 million from county is helping nonprofits continue to serve migrants in a better equipped facility, even if temporarily