Monday, January 16, 2023

Texas sent a migrant woman and her sick daughter nearly 2,000 miles away: ‘I was afraid’ | US-Mexico border | The Guardian

Meanwhile, the day after the debacle of Danna's health emergency, Dominick Mireles, Philadelphia's emergency management director, fired off a stern letter to Nim Kidd, the chief of the Texas division of emergency management, a copy of which has been seen by the Guardian.

Mireles wrote "to request that you uphold a core tenet of our profession: collaboration".

It went on: "Your bus of asylum seekers that arrived yesterday took the city of Philadelphia and its partners by surprise. As you may have heard, a child required emergency medical care upon arrival."

The letter had a list of measures expected by the Philadelphia authorities, including 72 hours notice prior to buses arriving, health screening, notification of passengers with disabilities or special needs, families being kept together and buses reporting to a "safe and secure location of choice, not a street corner"…

A city source familiar with the handling of asylum seekers told the Guardian last week that there had been no response to the letter and Texas officials have still not coordinated any plan with Philadelphia, despite sending more buses… 


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