Hundreds of illegal immigrants were released from Border Patrol custody into San Diego, California, on Friday, according to reports.
About 200 undocumented immigrants from Peru, India and Colombia were released in large numbers in San Diego’s San Ysidro neighborhood, even though the majority said they were traveling to Atlanta and Minneapolis to find work. Ta.
Fox News national correspondent Bill Melgin explained that the reason for the mass release into San Diego has to do with the city spending millions of dollars building migrant shelters.
by new york postthe shelter, which reportedly held up to 800 migrants daily, was forced to close due to a lack of funds to house the overwhelming number of migrants.
“Over the past few months, we’ve had 100,000 immigrants come across the border in San Diego,” Mayor Bill Wells told “Fox & Friends First.”
“Many of them were absorbed by the shelter in this county, which used taxpayer money. They asked for $3 million, spent more than $6 million, and now they say they’re out of money. So the immigrants are going to converge on our cities…I think it’s going to become a pretty serious problem very quickly.”
Prior to the closure, the migrant shelter provided services by sending buses to county Border Patrol stations to pick up migrants, take them to the facility, and prepare them for their final destination.
“The number of migrants arriving at our centers has increased significantly over the past few weeks, straining our finite resources to the limit,” SBCS CEO Kathy Lembo said in a statement. said.
A total of nearly 140,000 illegal immigrants have entered the San Diego area since the 2024 fiscal year began on Oct. 1, according to U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) data obtained by FOX News.
“Border Patrol is telling us that we’re going to go from about 300 drop-offs per day to probably 1,000 drop-offs per day,” Wells said Thursday.
The mayor added that given shelter closures, hotels could be an alternative location, but that would only exacerbate California’s current homelessness problem.
“They were spending up to $8,000 per person a month to put someone in a hotel, and they don’t seem to have any qualms about spending that kind of money. It destroys neighborhoods, it destroys hotels. “It destroys, it destroys our safety infrastructure. And that’s really bad for everyone,” he said.
Melgin pointed out that Governor Gavin Newsom (D, California) has remained silent on the issue of illegal immigration. town hall I will report it.
When Fox News Digital asked Newsom for comment on the issue at hand, a spokesperson for his administration blamed Republicans for a dysfunctional border control system.
“When it comes to border security, Congressional Republicans have done nothing but cause chaos and thwart efforts to make progress,” the spokesperson said. “In the absence of Republican political courage, California once again stepped up, made historic investments, and served as a model for partnership for a secure and humane border. Spineless politics in Congress The time has passed for families to work.” ”
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Milton Quintanilla is a freelance writer and content creator. He is a contributor to Christian Headlines and host of the For Your Soul Podcast, a podcast dedicated to sound doctrine and Biblical truth. He holds a Master of Divinity degree from Alliance Theological Seminary.
