A sharp rise in migrants crossing the US border from Mexico has pushed a Texas city to “breaking point”, its mayor has warned.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
With more than 2,000 people a day seeking asylum, services in El Paso have been overwhelmed, leaving the authorities struggling to cope.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The influx has also hit the Texas border city of Eagle Pass, where more than 8,000 migrants arrived this week, leading authorities to declare an emergency.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
After a dip in illegal crossings following new asylum restrictions in May, the large number of recent arrivals has sparked a fresh wave of political attacks on US President Joe Biden ahead of the 2024 election.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It comes as Britain’s Home Secretary Suella Braverman questioned whether international migration rules designed more than a century ago are “fit for purpose” ahead of a major speech in the US.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The UK has been dealing with its own migrant issues, with people crossing in small boats from France, while southern Italy has also seen arrivals from North Africa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
While just six weeks ago, about 350 to 400 people were crossing into El Paso per day, this has recently surged to 2,000 or more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Mayor Oscar Leeser told a news conference: “The city of El Paso only has so many resources and we have come to… a breaking point right now.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He has chartered buses to take migrants to New York, Chicago and Denver.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Republican governors in Texas and Florida have been criticized for sending migrants to cities seen as liberal, such as New York and Sacramento.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
But Mr Leeser, a Democrat, said all of the migrants on the El Paso buses were going voluntarily to the cities of their choice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He said: “I think it’s really important to note that we have a broken immigration system.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“It’s the same thing over and over again.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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