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On 03 Oct 2021, B1ackwater <[email protected]> posted some news:sjchk3$et0$[email protected]:

Biden is a traitor.

Thousands of migrants are still surging over the southern border, but once allowed into the US, most have to move on � causing confusion and
overcrowding at regional airports.

Most of the migrants who arrive in the US have a sponsor, family or
friends whom they need to reach.

While Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has bused 18,000 asylum seekers to sanctuary cities including Washington, DC, New York and Philadelphia, many more can afford to fly.

Regional airports such as Valley International Airport in Harlingen,
Texas, said migrants have been staying on site for days while waiting for flights, while a homelessness center inside O�Hare Airport in Chicago has
been inundated with migrants flown in from border states.

Thousands of migrants have reportedly passed through the airport in Jacksonville, Florida, while those arriving at Logan Airport in
Massachusetts are going on to �overwhelm state resources,� according to a
local report.

In El Paso, Texas � the busiest border crossing in the nation � the city
shut its airport to the general public a week ago, only allowing ticketed passengers access in order to handle the influx.

At a checkpoint in the airport�s main concourse, travelers are forced to
show a boarding pass to prove they are about to fly.

In an effort to keep migrants from loitering at the travel hub, passengers
have been told they can only enter four hours prior to their flight.

The new rules have pushed migrants waiting for their flights into the
airport�s baggage claim and ticket counters areas. There they huddle near electrical outlets, charging their phones and holding the government
paperwork authorizing their release into the US.

�If you�re only checking a bag, we need you to use the kiosks; don�t wait
for one of us,� a Southwest Airlines ticket counter agent announced to a
long queue of passengers Friday. �We�re selling a lot of tickets at the counter, and it�s just going to slow you down if you�re only checking
luggage.�

The airline worker confirmed that ticket counter sales have skyrocketed
due to the migrant waves, as many of them don�t have internet access to purchase their tickets online.

�They�re coming up to the counter to pay for their flights; sometimes they
just want to ask for prices,� the Southwest employee told The Post. �It
takes a long time, really bogs things down.�

Many show up with cash, trying to buy tickets, but airlines don�t accept
that form of payment.

To counter the problem, the city has installed special machines where
migrants can insert paper money. In return, the machine spits out a credit
card that can be used to purchase airfare.

It�s unknown how many migrants are flying out of El Paso International,
since neither the city nor airlines track who is buying tickets.

All the migrants traveling by plane are in the country legally and have
been vetted by US immigration officials after crossing into the US. They
can be spotted by the red folders containing their documents that they
carry with them.

Most are asylum seekers, who will be allowed to live in the States until
courts rule whether they qualify for asylum � a process that can take
years.

The migrants mostly finance their own travel with the help of friends and family in the US.

Marvin Carranza, 30, an asylum seeker, was among those at the crowded
airport, waiting for his flight to Houston.

�I have a friend there who is waiting for me and paid for my ticket,� he explained.

The Colombian explained he left his homeland due to corruption and
poverty. After turning himself in to Border Patrol more than a week ago,
he was finally released with an asylum court date six days ago.

He tried to get a flight out of El Paso last Wednesday, but overwhelmed airlines were sold out and he had to wait until the end of the week to
move on to his final destination.

El Paso only has 5,000 airline seats on any given day, according to the
city. Migrants arriving in Texas� sixth-largest city create a bottleneck
at the airport � with more passengers than flights.

�It is essential for El Paso to keep them moving along. We know that we
cannot shelter the sheer numbers that are anticipated to come over, and so
with that, we have to look at how do we get them to their next destination
or to travel hub,� Deputy City Manager Mario D�Agostino said last week.

Local leaders are prepared to bus migrants from El Paso to other nearby
cities, with larger airports � and have been granted federal funds to do
so.

�Quite frankly, it�s going to have to come in the form of charters because
of our local airport. It�s a medium-size airport,� D�Agostino added.

�It�s about transporting people to other hub locations so they can get a
flight out of other airports.�

�That�s what the key is, is to decompress here locally and to get them
onto a transportation hub where they can connect easier with flights.�

While those charters haven�t started, the city is poised to pull the
trigger at any moment, as it strains under the continued migrant crisis.

Comments:

Joseph Raspa
5 hours ago

I read the comments, and they are correct, and the readers are as fed up
as I am. These policies are approved by a minority of the population.
The voters have to feel the pain before they vote the right way.

Midwesterner
2 hours ago

Policies are approved by the .01%.

I am watching the conspiracy theories come true.

TheTruthHurts2020
4 hours ago

Agree. If a progressive liberal has a spare room, let them house a
"migrant" and see how happy they end up. Let's see them live up to their "humanitarian ideals"

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