Bus of migrants arrive in Dallas, more expected Wednesday

A bus of migrants arrived in Dallas on Tuesday morning, and another is expected to arrive on Wednesday.

The bus of around 30 people arrived at Oak Lawn United Methodist church just after 10 a.m. 

A second is set to arrive on Wednesday at Oak Lawn UMC church at 10 a.m.

“It touched my heart personally because I was in a detention center 30 years ago. I’m doing this because I know what it feels like to be in a detention center,” said Isabel Marquez, an associate pastor at Oak Lawn UMC. “These people deserve new opportunities, these people are looking for better ways of living. We want to be on that part of their journey, so they can know this country is a welcoming country.”

The migrants who arrived today were part of an ongoing program to get migrants from a detention center about 3 hours from Dallas.

Dallas County judge Clay Jenkins says the migrants will stay for no more than 36 hours before being transported to final destinations elsewhere in the U.S.

The church also expects to get more migrants from El Paso by at least next week.

El Paso, which has seen a large rise in border crossings in recent weeks, announced it would be busing migrants to Dallas, Houston, Denver and Phoenix late last week.

El Paso mayor Oscar Leeser said they’ve received information from Border Patrol and shelters just across the border in Mexico indicating that up to 20,000 migrants might be waiting to cross into El Paso. The Red Cross has brought 10,000 cots to help with the increase, he said.

The influx in migrants was based on the ending of the Trump-era border policy known as Title 42.

The policy was expected to expire on Wednesday, but on Monday night temporarily blocked the order to end Title 42.

Oak Lawn UMC says that if the policy is lifted they are ready to receive many more migrants.

“We are expecting to receive 150 people every single day from the border if this happens,” said Marquez.

READ MORE: El Paso declares state of emergency ahead of Title 42 end

In Dallas, some people are volunteering to help the migrants as they arrive.

Faith Forward Dallas is looking for donations to help.

They say that the most needed items are backpacks, coats, jackets, gloves, hats, sweatpants, sweatshirts, women’s leggings, shoes, socks and underwear.

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