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.
In October, San Diego County gave $3 million to the nonprofit SBCS to run the Migrant Welcome Center. A month later, other immigrant rights advocates are saying the nonprofit is not spending the money wisely. SBCS says it stands by its work.
As a white bus pulled up to what used to be an elementary school in San Diego's Mid-City neighborhood, dozens of volunteers got ready to receive yet another busload of asylum seekers needing "direction."