San Antonio migrant center prepares for influx with end of Title 42

Published on May 4, 2023

Officials with the nonprofit overseeing San Antonio’s Migrant Resource Center (MRC) say they’re already at capacity, yet expect a massive increase of asylum seekers after Title 42 ends on May 11. 

More than 12,000 migrants passed through the MRC in April, according to data provided by Antonio Fernandez, CEO of Catholic Charities, which operates the center in partnership with the City of San Antonio. In one week alone in late November, 6,373 asylum seekers arrived at the center.

Fernandez expects as many as 2,000 asylum seekers a day could arrive in San Antonio after Title 42 ends. The shelter holds 707 beds.

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