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Thanks to a new Supreme Court order, the pandemic restriction on migrants entering the U.S. lives to see another day. But these cities along the border are preparing for its end.
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DALLAS, May 6, 2021 /PRNewswire/ In serving the most vulnerable among us, Catholic Charities agencies across the state put their faith into action to help more than half a million Texans affected by the COVID-19 pandemic and the devastating winter storm during this past year. The faith-based agencies collectively provided help and hope by meeting essential needs for food, transportation, financial assistance, case management, and more.
Catholic Charities agencies in Austin (Central Texas), Beaumont, Corpus Christi, Dallas, Fort Worth, Galveston-Houston, Laredo, Lubbock, Odessa, Rio Grande Valley, San Antonio, Texas Panhandle, and Tyler reported their efforts. The most impressive COVID-19 and Winter Storm measurements of help ranging from March 15,2020- March 15, 2021 are:
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Government and private sector officials in South Texas are happy and willing to accommodate the influx of migrants being released from overwhelmed Border Patrol stations, but they are worried about the repercussions it could have on workers and local communities.
Nongovernmental and religious organizations in Laredo and the Rio Grande Valley of Texas told Democratic Rep. Henry Cuellar, whose Texas district spans 200 miles of the border, there are concerns about coronavirus testing for migrants and the health of volunteers and employees.
“Those are the questions that the [nongovernmental organizations] are asking themselves, and it s something that I have called the White House several times, had phone calls with people at the White House, to say, ‘Hey, we need for you to understand what s happening here on the border, ” Cuellar said during the meeting in his district.