San Diego County in California is being inundated with hundreds of immigrants seeking asylum and, according to the county supervisor, the system is “tight.”
“We expect 235 more to be dropped off at transit stations today,” County Supervisor Jim Desmond tweeted Tuesday. “That will represent the total of 1,071 people who have been dropped off in the last 4 days. Our system is overloaded and this is simply unsustainable.”
New sections of the steel bollard-style border wall, comprising primary and secondary barriers, are found along the US-Mexico border between San Diego and Tijuana (left) during a tour with Customs and Border Protection ( CBP) of the United States on May 10, 2021 in the Otay Mesa area of San Diego County, California. – Few issues have as long a history of haunting both Democrats and Republicans as immigration and asylum on the roughly 2,000-mile (3,000-kilometer) border between the United States and Mexico.
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Over the past week, Desmond has sounded the alarm after discovering on Dec. 23 that nearly 200 asylum seekers would be dumped on the streets of San Diego County, in places like transit centers in the city of San Diego, Oceanside and El Drawer.
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He said in a statement that the federal government is “failing in its obligation to protect the people of San Diego County,” adding that the system is broken and the government was putting the region at risk.
“If the federal government wants to process asylum seekers, it needs to provide adequate resources to manage people coming into our region,” Desmond said. “We already have a serious homelessness problem in San Diego County and leaving nearly 200 people on our streets will only perpetuate the problem.”
Migrants wait to cross the United States-Mexico border from Ciudad Juárez, Mexico, next to United States Border Patrol vehicles in El Paso, Texas, on Wednesday, December 14, 2022. policy at the time that required applicants to of asylum to wait in Mexico for hearings in the US immigration court.
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In just four days, nearly 850 immigrants were dropped off in San Diego County, which reportedly only has about 600 beds to offer the homeless population.
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On Tuesday, another 235 migrants were expected to arrive, bringing the total number of migrants brought to the region to 1,071.
“This is not human. This is not compassionate,” Desmond tweeted. “The federal government is using people as political pawns while draining our resources in San Diego County.”
After the Supreme Court ruled that Title 42 would remain in effect to allow legal challenges to settle, Desmond responded with relief and concern.
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“In light of what we’re seeing in San Diego County over the past week, I’m glad to see that the Supreme Court has upheld Title 42 for now,” he said. “Our immigration system is down and out in the open here, but keeping Title 42 will help a little.”
