Large Migrant Shelter to Open in El Paso in Effort to Help Ease Ongoing Border Crisis
Migrants entering the United States will be able to receive housing in a new facility set to open in January as part of an effort to ease the ongoing border crisis. The Border Servant Corps (BSC), a non-profit…
Migrants entering the United States will be able to receive housing in a new facility set to open in January as part of an effort to ease the ongoing border crisis.
The Border Servant Corps (BSC), a non-profit organization that focuses on humanitarian aid, is set to open a massive 39,000-square-foot facility near the airport in east El Paso, Texas. The facility will be able to house up to 400 migrants a day, Kari Lenander, executive director, for BSC told CBS4 Local News.
“We’re looking forward to just the expansion of supporting this very regional effort,” Lenander explained.
“We’ve all seen the migration trends over the years and we recognized there’s more need for 24/7 services and that’s what this facility will help do, support those services in this region,” Lenander explained.
BSC has been working with Annunciation House, a volunteer organization that offers hospitality services to refugees and immigrants in El Paso, and the city to transport migrants to local shelters and airports.