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San Antonio Nonprofits Try To Keep Up With Influx Of Families Seeking Asylum

KWBU | By David Martin Davies
Published April 1, 2019 at 4:53 PM CDT
Julia Reihs/KUT
In August, Immigration and Customs Enforcement sent newly released asylum-seekers to a bus station in McAllen, similar to Customs and Border Protection's release of asylum-seekers in Texas over the weekend.

“We’ve had a lot of people coming in late Thursday night, late Friday night, and our nonprofit partners were just stretched beyond their abilities.”
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David Martin Davies
David Martin Davies is a veteran journalist with more than 30 years of experience covering Texas, the border and Mexico.
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