Arizona prepares hotels to house migrants who cross the border before the end of Title 42

Pima County, Arizona’s most populous (USA), reached an agreement with hotels to house migrants who cross the border after concluding this Thursday at midnight the application of the Title 42which allows the expeditious expulsion of foreigners for health reasons.

Mark Evansdirector of communications for Pima County, told EFE that this agreement will allow shelter for migrants in case the existing shelters are saturated, especially to prevent them from being left by the Border Patrol on the streets.

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“It is an emergency method, especially for the safety of the asylum seekers themselves and the southern Arizona community.”, he exposed.

He added that it would be inhumane to have hundreds of people on the streets when temperatures exceed 100 degrees Fahrenheit (38 Celsius) in the summer, without food, water and not a place to sleep.

The hotel rooms will also serve to house migrants who test positive for covid-19 or any other potentially contagious disease. “It’s a preventative measure.” said.

For this purpose Two million dollars were allocated from the current budget approved by the Pima County Board of Supervisors.

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With the end of Title 42, shelters, charities and state agencies they are preparing for what could be a new wave of migrants.

He Title 42activated by the Administration of the now former president donald trumpallowed the Border Patrol expel migrants arrested at the border almost immediately.

The Governor of Arizona, the Democrat katie hobbsannounced this week a plan to deal with a possible crisis, which includes allocating seven million dollars to transport migrants from border towns to the city of Tucson to be taken to shelters and then to other states where their relatives or sponsors are.

Source: Elcomercio

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