The demonstrations in the Valley are meant to send a message to elected officials to direct funding toward processing those seeking asylum, according to Blanca Ojeda of Faith in the Valley.
“There is no real system to process people,” she said. “We want them to stand up and create that system. We want them to stand up and process asylum-seekers.”
The U.S. military said hundreds of troops previously deployed in south Texas and Arizona as part of a border security mission have been moved to California to patrol the border.
The military’s role is limited largely to erecting barriers along the border and providing transportation and logistical support to U.S. Customs and Border Protection.
