SAN ANTONIO – Opened in July 2022 amid an “unprecedented” wave of migrants passing through the city, San Antonio’s Migrant Resource Center could stay open through September 2026.
When Congress passed $650 million for the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s Shelter and Services Program earlier this month, $3 million was allocated directly to San Antonio. The city is applying to get another $18.8 million through a competitive process.
Assuming it gets the money, city executives say that would allow the MRC to stay open through its 2026 fiscal year, which ends in September.
“As long as there is funding for those migrants, we’re going to continue to operate,” Assistant City Manager Lori Houston told KSAT on Tuesday.
The migrants, typically asylum-seekers, can get food, a place to stay, and help navigating their next steps at the MRC. Though Catholic Charities, which runs the day-to-day operations at the facility, used to also help provide tickets out of town to migrants, Houston said …