Illegal Immigration from Central America Spiking Again in South Texas
Posted May 6th, 2016 @ 3:30pm

All along the Texas Mexico border, they're gearing up for a surge in illegal immigrant families and unaccompanied children which will rival, and even surpass, the flood that we saw in 2014, when parts of Lackland Air Force Base had to be turned into a shelter for immigrant children, News Radio 1200 WOAI in San Antonio reports.

The Border Patrol says the number of illegal immigrant families flooding into Texas in the last two months is more than double the figures seen in March and April of 2015. The number of unaccompanied children arriving in Texas is up 78%.

Sister Norma Pimentel runs a Catholic Charities shelter in McAllen, tells News Radio 1200 WOAI the situation in the 'northern triangle' of Central America, Guatemala, El Salvador, and Honduras, remains dire.

"If that doesn't get fixed, families are going to continue to leave their country," she said.

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