EL PASO— With a cheerful “soy Marcos” – “I’m Mark,” in Spanish – Bishop Mark Seitz introduced himself to migrants eating soup in the shelter on the grounds of...
. Their efforts are particularly visible when unprecedented numbers of new arrivals overwhelm local and federal authorities in cities like El Paso, leaving thousands in the streets.
Bishop Mark Seitz talks with Alex and his daughter Yaritza, 15, both from Peru, about their expectations to see snow for the first time after they can arrive to their final destination in New York state at the Diocesan Pastoral Center in El Paso on Thursday, Dec. 22, 2022.
A Milwaukee native who served as bishop of El Paso for the past decade -- which saw three U.S. administrations struggle to manage surges of arrivals of families from Central America and beyond -- Seitz knows the challenges first-hand. Places like Ciudad Juárez, a sprawling metropolis just across the border from El Paso, where thousands of migrants were made to wait for their U.S. asylum appointments during the Trump administration and more have been waiting out Title 42 recently, amid organized crime cartels that routinely prey on them.
“Bishop Seitz urged parishes to open up empty spaces” like halls as temporary shelters, Gallagher added. His downtown church, Sacred Heart, has been hosting nearly 200 migrants nightly in the gym.
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