Over the last several weeks, U.S. authorities have dropped off thousands of immigrants in this city, one of the poorest municipalities in one of the nation's poorest states. The city has marshaled its resources to cope with the influx.
DEMING, N.M. — Along a barren county fairground in this sleepy desert city sits a nondescript building that illustrates the depths of theOver the last several weeks, U.S. authorities, unable to house a surge ofat the border, have dropped off thousands of immigrants in this city, one of the poorest municipalities in one of the nation's poorest states.
Deming is not the only city in America grappling with a weekly deluge of undocumented immigrants left at bus station depots and elsewhere by the federal government. "I have a lot of personal thoughts about it, but when I see a mother with a child who's having a seizure because they have a 103 temperature, that's going to hit you," Combs said."And that's something that, we as Americans, we're just, we're going to have an outpouring of being able to help these folks."
A spokesman for Customs and Border Protection , the DHS division that manages the Border Patrol, said the releases are a"last resort" and only done when the number of immigrants apprehended in an area in a day exceeds the bed space in border stations and immigrant detention centers. "I was asleep already on Mother's Day. And then a family came to the house, knocked on the door," recalled the Rev. Manuel Ibarra, the priest at St. Ann's Church in Deming."It was a family from Guatemala, and they were asking for shelter."
A WWII hangar is being used as a shelter and processing center for migrants being released by U.S. Border Patrol in Deming, New Mexico on May 27, 2019."Make no mistake, it's labor intensive," said Fire Battalion Chief Edgar Davalos,"but the whole thing is we've still got to treat them like human beings, because that's what they are.
"They don't speak English. They've been ill. They've gone without baths, without food, without medical care, but they're here, happy to hear me butcher 'Goodnight Moon' because they're children."Project manager Barbara Ammirati said the organization provides a wide range of resources — including medical supplies, hygiene kits and plush toys — as well as information to help them cope with their changing environments.
Betsy and 16 of her immediate family members began the journey from Honduras over two months ago, often struggling to find food and shelter along the way. Only Betsy, her husband and their children made it to the shelter in Deming. Betsy's 12-year-old sister and Betsy's mother, a diabetic, were separated and detained in El Paso after the family crossed the border into the U.S..
Emergency Medical Technician Tyler G. Massey ties a migrant child's shoe at a shelter in Deming, New Mexico on May 27, 2019.Officials in Deming and neighboring towns have been told to expect a continued flow of immigrants for months to come. CBP has been cracking down on immigrants who falsely claim the child they bring across the border is theirs. Because a federal court settlement prohibits children from being detained for longer than 20 days, DHS says adults are motivated to travel with children because they, too, will be released.
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