EL PASO, TEXAS (KFOX14/CBS4) — A local shelter in downtown El Paso is providing temporary housing to more than 100 immigrants released from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention centers in the borderland.

Annunciation House, a volunteer-run nonprofit, provides housing for migrants, immigrants, and refugees in El Paso.

According to Ruben Garcia, the executive director of Annunciation House, the shelter has assisted in housing about 125 people since the beginning of this month, adding that the number of individuals that arrive at the shelter varies from a few individuals on some days to more than a dozen on busier days.

Garcia told KFOX14/CBS4 on Thursday that ICE contacts the shelter before releasing individuals to ensure there is space available.

Garcia said that while this process is not new, it is a bit different now as more people are being transferred from other cities, such as Minneapolis, before being released in El Paso.

According to Garcia, the releases include individuals who have the necessary documents and are in the process of obtaining their legal immigration status.

However, it is unclear what specific type of documents the individuals were released under.

The Hope Border Institute, a local immigrant advocacy group, told KFOX14/CBS4 on Thursday that this process can be confusing, especially for family members awaiting information from other states.

“We’ve seen cases and and heard of cases who have people who are detained, who’ve been released. Some people get notice. Some people hear from their family members that their family member who has been released is on their way home,” said Astrid Linden, Communications Officer with Hope Border Institute. “Sometimes they hear that they’re released and that they’re in another city, and sometimes they don’t hear that they’re released.”

According to the El Paso Times, people have been released from the ICE immigration processing center on Montana Avenue, the Otero facility in New Mexico, and from the Camp East Montana detention center.

KFOX14/CBS4 has reached out to ICE via email on how many people are being released in El Paso and how they coordinate with local shelters or provide travel assistance.

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