Ruben Villalpando
Correspondent
La Jornada Newspaper
Sunday, January 5, 2025, p. 4
Ciudad Juárez, Chih., The municipality of this border city reported that it has a network of 23 shelters with 2,700 spaces to receive migrants who are deported in January, according to the announcements made by Donald Trump, the next president. of the United States.
The border between Ciudad Juárez and El Paso, Texas, is one of the busiest for people on the move, since the flow has experienced a slight increase; However, the shelters are at 52 percent of their capacity, reported the International Organization for Migration, which monitors the issue and is part of the United Nations Organization and the State Population Council that operate the Migrant Assistance Center through the shelter network of this border city.
Authorities at all three levels of government are also preparing for a wave of mass deportations. In the case of the municipality, councilor Cruz Pérez Cuéllar indicated that they could enable the Enrique gym again Kiki Romero, with capacity to receive 400 countrymen.
Governor María Eugenia Campos Galván expressed that if necessary, a baseball stadium will be available to be enabled as a temporary humanitarian space.
The 23 shelters on this border are operated by governments, civil and religious associations.
Currently there is an occupation of 1,404 people in a mobility situation; For the most part, those who are inside a shelter are because they already have their CBP One appointment to enter the United States on a regular basis. Waiting for an appointment causes the situation of the shelters to vary in terms of their capacity.
The Felipe Ángeles municipal shelter has 290 places exclusively for family units and there are currently 80 refugees.
The Casa del Migrante, a religious space, has a capacity of 500 to 550 people, and now houses 150, while El Buen Samaritano, a religious humanitarian place, has 180 places.
Meanwhile, one of the largest shelters is the Leona Vicario Migrant Integration Center, of the federal government, with around 800 spaces.
Three children and three women, among nine rescued
After a complaint, nine migrants, including three children and three women who were kidnapped by two polleros, were rescued by agents of the Municipal Public Security Secretariat.
The agency indicated that it detained two people who were allegedly holding two families of Honduran origin.
