On the border in El Paso, the migrant caravans arrive so regularly there's a housing crunch
EL PASO, Texas - While President Donald Trump railed against a migrant caravan wending its way north through Mexico this week, hundreds of Central American immigrant families had already arrived at the border and been released into the U.S. by authorities.
The influx, unrelated to the caravan, has crowded immigration holding areas and detention centers across the southwest. Border Patrol has released so many families, advocacy groups in Arizona and Texas have had to house them in churches and motels.
In El Paso, the nonprofit Annunciation House shelter expected to take in 1,200 migrants this week and another 1,500 next week.
"We're in effect receiving a caravan a month," said Ruben Garcia, the shelter's director, after serving pizza to immigrant families staying in 70 hotel
