Record Number Of Migrants Stream Across U.S. Border, Straining Resources

LAS CRUCES, NM - JUNE 03: Migrants mostly from Honduras, El Salvador, Guatemala and Brazil are welcomed by Lucy Alfaro to the El Calvario Methodist Church which is housing migrants who are seeking asylum, after they were released by the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement on June 3, 2019 in Las Cruces, New Mexico. Following release to the shelter, asylum seekers are normally transferred from the shelter to their U.S. sponsors as they await their asylum requests. The church In recent months has seen a surge in migrants being sent to their facility by U.S. immigration officials. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)