Rio Grande Valley, Texas – He is putting people in his party.
The Democratic mayor of the southern border town says he has instigated the Biden administration to deal with the immigration crisis in his backyard – and he “pleaded” with Washington to do more with the stream of migrants pouring into his small town. Has been doing.
“You have a breach at national security levels that has never been seen before in modern history and you’re not even looking at it, you’re not even calling it a ‘crisis’, you’re calling it a challenge.” , “Mayor Bruno Lozano, a Democrat who represents Del Rio, Texas, told the Post on Sunday.
“It’s a slap in the face.”
Lozano, 38, represents a small space of just over 35,000 residents and has been trying to get President Biden’s attention since February.
Just before a historic winter storm that left millions without power and killed 57, He sent a video to the President Telling him not to send migrants to the community because he did not have the necessary resources.
“Mr. C. President. My name is Bruno Lozano, Mayor of the city of Del Rio, Texas, and I am pleading with you to please take any measures regarding the release of migrants awaiting court dates in Del Rio and surrounding areas.” Please do., “Lozano says as footage of empty store shelves and grocery store lines play in the background.
“We do not have the resources available to house and accommodate these migrants in our community… If you send these individuals to our community, we are forced to make the decision to leave them without resources in these difficult circumstances Will go. I am asking to stop, please make another plan for this federal issue. ”
Despite the best efforts, Lezano said the request “fell on deaf ears” and a month later, the only thing that has changed is the number of streaming migrants in their small community, which currently stands at about 150.
Lozano explained, “I am not trying to demonstrate the human aspect in any way, but I owe it to the residents of Del Rio and Del Rio, Texas. I owe it to the American people.”
“Nobody really wants to deal with this issue, you are controlling illegal behavior, duration. There is a valid way to enter the United States, a valid way to seek asylum and it reduces the whole process. Does. ”
The youngest mayor to be elected in the city, who is angered that he has to use local budget dollars for what he calls a federal problem, in the lap of small communities along the border Has been thrown.
“It is not even in our budget. In municipal government every line item is accounted for, we are very good in the budget. This is not right.
“It blows my mind how disconnected from reality [they are] Or maybe they know, maybe they just don’t want to call a spade a spade, you know, because it’s inconvenient. ”
During the final hike in 2019, Lozano said the migrants were being dumped by a US Border Patrol in a 7-11 convenience store and, ever since a relief center opened in the city, even after the city was toppled Is responsible for migrants. Is closed
Each day, Lozano said, the migrants are brought to the Val Verde Border Humanitarian Alliance, where they have access to services, before boarding flights and buses out of the city. But sometimes, they can’t get a ticket and the city needs to find a place for them to sleep.
“When the logistic nightmare begins, where do they go to sleep at night? Lozano said that is the number I worry about every day.
“Sometimes migrants are released after hours and have nowhere to plant them. I cannot use the civic center because I am using COVID vaccines. ”
Earlier this month, two different groups of migrants broke the port of the city’s Entrance Foot Bridge from Mexico.
Lozano says the influx is a side effect of Biden’s relaxed immigration policies.
“It is very selective who they deport now and realistically, the Biden administration sent the message that you know ‘we are going to reverse this, we are going to do this’ and of course for days. Within, enough within days it started happening again. ”
“It was completely predictable,” Lozano said – but when he tried to explain what’s happening on the ground for the senators, he said “they’re surprised.”
Lozano said, “You have a policy where illegal entry is being prevented, criminal activity is condemned, these migrants are using cartoons in Mexico and that is a fact and organized criminal activity is on the rise.” ”
“I’m calling them out, I’m so disappointed about all this as the mayor of the border town.”
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