Over 80,000 immigrants released into El Paso with border facilities at max capacity

Published December 16, 2022 6:59pm ET



AUSTIN, Texas — The city of El Paso has been inundated with more than 80,000 noncitizens who illegally crossed the U.S.-Mexico border and were released from federal custody and into its community in nearly four months.

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