Report: New plan to send more migrants to Albuquerque

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — As a report range of migrants are arriving at the U.S.-Mexico border, new reporting reveals a approach to transfer many of them to Albuquerque.

NBC Information reports it has acquired paperwork that clearly show the Department of Homeland Protection programs to transportation migrants awaiting immigration proceedings to several U.S. metropolitan areas. In the coming months, Los Angeles would be the 1st town to obtain migrants, and, at some issue, Albuquerque would as properly, in accordance to the report.

The actions would be an try to enable with overcrowding nearer to the border.

None of the New Mexico organizations KOB 4 reached out to Wednesday would validate they have any knowledge of new programs to send out migrants to Albuquerque.

A spokesperson for the town office environment that handles immigration, which falls underneath the Business of Equity and Inclusion, gave facts on asylum seekers. They mentioned, because February, the city has provided shelter for about 800 asylum seekers – temporarily putting them up in a lodge, for which FEMA pays them back again. Volunteers provide other assist.

The spokesperson did not say regardless of whether that system would use to migrants who would occur to Albuquerque in the reportedly new DHS programs.

A rep for the lead firm that will help refugees in New Mexico, Lutheran Loved ones Companies, mentioned it would not have something to do with the options, stating it would not engage in a role in delivering shelter in a predicament like that.

A spokesperson with the governor’s office environment did not say no matter if the governor is knowledgeable of the plans, but included, “We would have sizeable fears about any action that would impact the statewide capability to present humanitarian assistance to wildfire relief endeavours.”

Many other city and state businesses both said they would not be included, or they ended up not in a position to solution KOB 4’s issues.