Border detention cells in Texas are so overcrowded that US is using aircraft to move migrants

Article author: 
Nick Miroff, The Washington Post
Article publisher: 
LMT Online
Article date: 
12 May 2019
Article category: 
National News
Tags: 
border
Border Patrol
enforcement
illegal immigration
illegal aliens
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vercrowding at Border Patrol stations in South Texas has become so acute in recent days that U.S. authorities have taken the rare step of using aircraft to relocate migrants to other areas of the border simply to begin processing them, according to three Homeland Security officials.
 
The first flight left McAllen, Texas, on Friday, transferring detainees to Border Patrol facilities in Del Rio, Texas. There are daily flights scheduled for the next several days, with two planned for Tuesday, according to officials who spoke on the condition of anonymity to describe the operations..
 
The flights are conducted by U.S. Customs and Immigration Enforcement, but the detainees remain in the custody of Border Patrol, officials said. Though ICE routinely uses aircraft to move detainees among its detention facilities, it is very unusual for Border Patrol to fly recent arrivals from one part of the border to another to perform routine booking procedures....
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