Politics & Government
Bus Carrying 31 Asylum Seekers From Venezuela Arrives From Texas
"People have a right to claim asylum to look for safety, to look for survival, to look for protection. That's a legal right," Pacheco said.
May 11, 2023
PHILADELPHIA (CBS) -- A bus carrying more than two dozen asylum seekers arrived in Philadelphia Wednesday morning from Texas.
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"When they talk about buses going to Philadelphia, those buses are full of human beings," Blancha Pacheco, of the New Sanctuary Movement, said. "Buses full of mothers, brothers, sisters and children."
The New Sanctuary movement, a nonprofit, is here to help them all. The immigration rights organization was at 30th Street Station Wednesday morning to welcome 31 people seeking asylum to Philadelphia. They arrived from Del Rio and Eagle Pass, Texas.
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