Harlingen, Texas Mayor Chris Boswell provides insight into the border surge on ‘America Reports’
Harlingen, Texas Mayor Chris Boswell told America Reports Wednesday that the surge of migrants at the U.S-Mexico border is overwhelming local communities.
CHRIS BOSWELL: What we ve been told is that . the systems that are currently in place are going to be overwhelmed. The shelters that operate here day in and day out, year in, year out are full, and we also are seeing and being told by the Border Patrol that they re going to be releasing as many as 400 families into our communities, perhaps each day . so we have been making preparations to help the local charities, the shelters that are assisting with this crisis, to provide a shelter or additional space in our community center.
The mayor of a Texas border town said Tuesday that President Biden's immigration policies could turn into a "humanitarian crisis," asserting his community needs help from the federal government to deal with immigrants traveling through the area.