Last week, 700 migrants were provided local hotel rooms as they journeyed to various host cities, said Antonio Fernandez, CEO of. The organization has spent “hundreds of thousands of dollars” since January doing the same for other migrants, said Fernandez.
Corazón’s migrant center reopened just three weeks ago after being closed during the pandemic and because of the Remain-in-Mexico order, said Gavin Rogers, executive director of the nonprofit and associate pastor at Travis Park Church. and fled to Mexico due to threats of gang violence. The family never planned to leave the country, Funez said, but even after relocating to different states within Honduras and even fleeing to Mexico, it was impossible to escape the gang violence of their home country.
Valeria Mejia Brizo, 3, tucks her stuffed toys into bed at a downtown shelter on Thursday. Valeria, her brother and parents were granted asylum in the United States after living near the border in Mexico for a year.The family now awaits their court hearing, during which they hope to be granted legal status.
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