US Border Patrol has released thousands of migrants on San Diego’s streets, taxing charities

Over five years, the largest U.S. city on the Mexican border developed a well-oiled system to shelter asylum-seekers. Migrant aid groups blame a mix of circumstances for the shelter crunch: reduced government funding; CBP’s practice of sending migrants from Texas and Arizona to be processed in San Diego; and a surge in illegal crossings. Last week, President Joe Biden's administration advanced plans for a border wall in Texas’ Rio Grande Valley and said it would resume deportation flights to Venezuela. Before they are released in San Diego, some migrants being dropped off have been waiting between a double-layer border wall or camping under Border Patrol watch in remote mountains east of the city.