More than 37, 000 immigrant apprehensions were reported in the San Diego Sector of the Border Patrol in April, more than any other nine southern border regions, according to Chief Patrol Agent Patricia McGurk-Dan, who claimed her agents had now apprehended 8, 303 migrants from 66 nations in the first week of May.
Border Patrol agents are overburdened, according to San Diego County Supervisor Jim Desmond, who has spoken out against the region’s continued migrant influx.
” We had to be able to control the amounts that are coming across”, he said. Boat flights, ships only being beached up on our shores, which are something we see in San Diego County, about four per year, and about a dozen people jumping into neighborhoods. We are unsure of their identities, where they are headed, or what they intend to accomplish.
Desmond is likewise concerned about how much money is being spent on migrant service.
He claimed that the County of San Diego paid$ 6 million for a four-month-old migrant drop-off facility.
After the state stopped funding it, the service shut down in February.
A non-governmental institution used some of the money to purchase airline tickets to assist the workers in getting to their final destinations.
” Border Patrol was Uber for the workers, we became the go agents”, Desmond said.
Desmond thinks the federal government’s recent funding for migrant services, which is more than$ 9 million, could be better used for.
He said,” I believe that money should be spent on ensuring our beaches and ensuring the safety of our beaches so that we do n’t have boats just dropping off.” To effectively animal people, we should be securing or at least allowing our Border Patrol agents ‘ tools.
Desmond hopes the money does n’t end up supporting another migrant facility.
” However, at the price we spent money before, the$ 19 million is going to be able to get us one season, but after that what happens? It’s going to be up on our rounds”.
But some activists like Pedro Rios, with the American Friends Service Committee, believe the money should be spent on the migrants.
” People who have endured a lot and still experience.” If we can minimize that suffering immediately, we’re doing something that’s great for them”, he said.
Rio claimed for Border Report that everyone is responsible for making sure asylum seekers, who he claims have a right to be here, are treated well.
According to the United States ‘ laws,” [their ] right to seek asylum is protected by the Constitution and international agreements,” whether they seek it through one of these locations or by showing up at a port of entry.
Rios insists that asylum seekers have no reason to fear, particularly those who are being detained by Border Patrol personnel in open spaces throughout the state.
” Everyone who is being dropped down at our public transportation system is dropped off with document indicating they’ve been processed, they’ve been vetted, and their background have been checked”, said Rios. They are responsible for showing up for that prosecutor time and providing details about where they’re staying.
Rios and Desmond both concur that there must be a remedy.
