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((PLAYBOOK SLUG: TV US Border Shelters – Castillo
HEAD: U.S. Migrant Shelters at Border Fill to Capacity
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PUBLISHED AT: 05/09/2023 at 12pm
BYLINE: Victor Hugo Castillo
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DATELINE: Reynosa, Tamaulipas & McCallen TX
VIDEOGRAPHERS: Victor Hugo Castillo
VIDEO SOURCE (S): VOA,
PLATFORMS: (mark with X): WEB __ TV _X_ RADIO __
SCRIPT EDITORS: KEnochs; MAS
TRT: 1:54
VID APPROVED BY: KE
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((INTRO))
[[Some migrant shelters along the US-Mexico border report they are filled to capacity. In Reynosa, a Mexican town on the Texas border, some non-profit organizations are stepping in to help migrants as they arrive. For VOA News, Victor Castillo has the story.]]
((NARRATION))
Pastor Hector Silva - who operates this shelter for immigrants in Reynosa, Mexico says that the number of people arriving at the Texas Mexico border is non-stop.
((Héctor Silva, “Senda De Vida” Shelter Director)) ((MALE IN SPANISH))
“Every day, we have between 400 to 450 people arriving.”
((NARRATION))
Officials say the surge of migrants from around the world has increased, and even more are expected after pandemic-era border restrictions known as Title 42 come to an end on May 11.
((Héctor Silva, “Senda De Vida” Shelter Director)) ((MALE IN SPANISH))
“We have Chinese families, which surprises me a lot. How they are coming, we had a Chechen family, uh, we have Russian families, and we have families from all over the world.”
((NARRATION))
Due to the lack of space in shelters, some migrant families camp on the street.
((Honduran Migrant)) ((FEMALE IN SPANISH))
"If it's difficult because they (kids) ask for water, food, and you don't have it."
((Honduran Migrant)) ((MALE IN SPANISH))
"It is made of two little blankets, this one we brought from Tejuchitán, a twig that we have standing there, and well, the other rags with stones."
((NARRATION))
Migrants lucky enough to find space in shelters cram into tents. Others have no place and stay wherever they can, sometimes in appalling conditions.
((Gladys Cañas, ‘Ayudandoles a Triunfar’ Association)) ((FEMALE IN SPANISH))
“In abandoned houses, abandoned cars, on the street, there is no place to put them, even here in the camp, also tents are already insufficient.”
((NARRATION))
In the two ‘Senda de Vida’ shelters in Reynosa, the migrant population is over 8,500 people, according to organizers.
((Venezuelan Migrant)) ((MALE IN SPANISH))
“We have children, we have family, and in Venezuela I’m being persecuted."
((NARRATION))
The White House says it plans to send 1,500 military troops to help with administrative tasks and provide other support for the U.S. Customs and Border Protection.
((For VOA News, Victor Hugo Castillo, McAllen, Texas))
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