The City Council signaled overwhelming support for keeping resources in place in case migrant arrivals rise again.
The number of asylum-seeking migrants arriving in San Antonio is the lowest it’s been in three years, but City Council on Thursday voted overwhelmingly in favor of keeping infrastructure the city set up to feed, shelter and transport migrants.on San Pedro Avenue during the summer of 2022 amid a dramatic uptick in migrant arrivals.Success! You're on the list.
“There was a time we didn’t have the MRC, and what we had downtown was chaos,” said Councilman Manny Pelaez . “We’ve already lived that chapter.”a presentationFor San Antonio, that translated to roughly 5,000 migrants arriving in April, compared to more than 25,000 in December of 2023.
Councilman Marc Whyte cast the only no vote, saying he wanted a real conversation about the merits of keeping the MRC open. In March the council discussed the possibility of moving the MRC to a less residential area, amid other discussions about potential cost-saving options.
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