Asylum Seekers

The Democratic Congresswoman said she toured the refugee shelter on Wednesday at Fort Bliss, which is ramping up to take 10,000 refugees.

District 10 Councilman Clayton Perry said that migrants may be carrying the coronavirus — that accusation struck a nerve with his council colleagues.

Senda de Vida was granted an injunction that will keep it from closing down and being demolished.

For those who can’t stay indoors, the rain threatens their belongings, including legal documents, and heightens disease risk in the asylum-seeker camp.

South of the Hidalgo-Reynosa International bridge at a city park, a tent encampment of immigrants waiting for asylum in the US struggle with severe weather.

The Biden administration plans to use military bases in San Antonio and El Paso to house a growing number of unaccompanied migrant children in federal custody. It has also considered using Bexar County buildings.

Less than 25,000 families and unaccompanied children have crossed the border in recent months, compared to millions of essential travelers. But frustrations over pandemic restrictions for nonessential travelers and migrants are growing.

A small group of asylum seekers is slated to cross from Ciudad Juárez into El Paso on Friday, as the Biden administration begins to unwind the Trump-era border policy.

A group of families faced deportation Friday after being denied asylum under Trump administration policies that have since been invalidated by federal courts.

Migrant families released from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention facilities in Karnes County and Dilley will come to San Antonio in the…