Mayor Oscar Leeser, a Democrat, says the emergency declaration would give authorities the resources and ability to help migrants.
The mayor of the Texas border city of El Paso declared a state of emergency on Saturday, December 17, citing the hundreds ofsleeping on the streets in cold temperatures and the thousands being apprehended every day.
The move comes as El Paso, a Democratic stronghold with a history of welcoming immigrants, has struggled in recent months to deal with tens of thousands of migrants crossing the border with. The city is bracing for a possible jump in migrant arrivals after a US judge ordered COVID-era border restrictions known as Title 42 to end by December 21.
Even as government officials move migrants in El Paso to other US cities, local shelters are beyond capacity and migrants have been sleeping on the streets as temperatures dip below freezing.
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