West Texas Non-Profit Ignores Governor’s Order Barring Ground Transport of Migrants

A Texas non-profit migrant shelter in Del Rio ignored Governor Greg Abbott’s Executive Order prohibiting the ground transportation of migrants released by Customs and Border Protection officers. Shelter staff and volunteers from the Val Verde Border Humanitarian Coalition, which operates out of the Chihuahua Center could be seen on Sunday hastily assisting a large group of mostly Haitian migrants into awaiting vans. Once loaded, a convoy of vans left the area and waited on a secluded side street for the remaining migrants to fully load into additional vans. Once the migrants had been placed on board the final van, the convoy left the city of Del Rio and drove toward San Antonio, Texas. In all, more than one hundred migrants were quickly loaded into the vans.-- More...