Videos taken at El Paso International Airport showed scores of immigrants sleeping on the floor as they waited for their flights.
As of Wednesday morning, over 200 immigrants were stranded at the Texas airport as they awaited their connecting flights to Miami, according to KFOX14. Several of the immigrants told the outlet that they had been stranded for several days.
Videos show immigrants sleeping in the hallways and the lines of the airport, crowding along the walls. Many families were among those seen bundled up along the walls, including many children.
BORDER PATROL FACILITY IN EL PASO OVERWHELMED, 700 IMMIGRANTS OUTSIDE IN NEAR-FREEZING TEMPERATURES
Some immigrants told the outlet that they had bought tickets that were supposed to be an hourlong flight to Miami but that their flights kept getting changed.
“Tickets purchased by everyone was for one day, for one hour. But everyone’s ticket shifted to 48, 72 hours, five days,” one immigrant said.
They also complained about the lack of help from the airport.
“Information from the airport is the same, the line is the same; we’re not first or last. This is stealing,” another immigrant told the outlet.
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El Paso has seen a surge of immigrants in recent days, with hundreds of noncitizens being stranded outside of immigrant processing centers on Tuesday.
