The City of San Antonio has reportedly shelled out a whopping $9.3 million on immigrant services amid an unprecedented surge at the southern border, with funds allocated to operations for the Migrant Resource Center. The fiscal year 2023 saw a staggering 2.4 million new arrivals crossing into the U.S, according to News 4 San Antonio.
As the Migrant Resource Center strains to keep pace with the volume, hundreds are left to nervously hover outside the premises—a reminder of the ever-growing humanitarian need. "They only help us for five days. Once that is over, they send us to the streets," Magdiel Maican, a Venezuelan migrant, said to News 4 San Antonio.
San Antonio's Mayor Ron Nirenberg had initially assured that the Migrant Resource Center's operational costs wouldn't dent the city's budget. With the promise that "this entire operation is one hundred percent reimbursed by the federal government." True to the mayor's word, the city has seen federal reimbursement for expenses from May through September of 2023, with FEMA currently reviewing the ledger for October's outlays, as stated in a city email on Thursday, as per News 4 San Antonio.
