City of Juárez still receiving migrants at local shelters amid new surge
JUAREZ, Chihuahua (KVIA) -- More migrants have been arriving at the border recently, some saying they are still traveling on top of trains overnight.
On Thursday, ABC-7 witnessed the arrival of hundreds of migrants to the Border Safety Initiative #36 gate, located in El Paso's Lower Valley.
The City of Juárez, through its Human Rights Department, said both to its shelters, the temporary migrant tent and the Kiki Romero shelter, still have capacity.
The temporary migrant tent is at around 50% capacity with nearly 200 migrants, and the city shelter is at 30% capacity.
Santiago González Reyes, the Human Rights Director, said the city continues to safeguard the Mexican side of the Rio Grande to prevent makeshift migrant camps. Those makeshift camps popped up often in 2022.
On Wednesday night, migrants camping on the river on the U.S. side of the border were seen setting up fires to fight off cold temperatures.
ABC-7 also asked officials with the City of Juárez their thoughts on the reported migrant caravan traveling through Southern Mexico.
"These high concentrations of migrants in southern Mexico do not arrive as expected," Director González said. "It is impossible to walk more than three thousand kilometers; it is unlikely that such a large flow of people will arrive together."
