An encampment in Reynosa sheltering hundreds of migrant families expelled from the U.S. or waiting to seek asylum was dismantled overnight after its formation a year-and-a-half ago.
Bulldozers, trash bins, and clean-up crews worked early Tuesday morning at Plaza de La República, sweeping and collecting tents, toys, clothes and supplies left behind from the sudden eviction that happened in the early morning hours.
One migrant man said families were lined up and asked to walk over to a migrant shelter about half-a-mile away. Reynosa Mayor Carlos Víctor Peña Ortiz, who toured the site late Tuesday morning, said the city received help from the Mexican National Guard to provide a security detail. Several members of the guard were still on site in the plaza throughout the day.
While some migrants were able to fit into the largest shelter, Senda de Vida, hundreds of others spent the night in the streets.
Over the last several months, the city helped coordinate the creation of a second shelter, Senda de Vida II, but as of Tuesday, there was still no electricity or structures to house migrants.
Peña Ortiz said churches and other nongovernmental organizations were stepping in to help provide shelter to the hundreds who were displaced, but crowds were still waiting outside both shelters Tuesday afternoon.
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