In El Paso, pastors offer waiting migrants shelter and counsel

As confusion pervades El Paso, one of the busiest illegal crossings points for migrants fleeing poverty and strife, faith leaders strive to provide shelter, legal advice and prayer. At two Catholic churches across from the Rio Grande that separates the Texas border city from Mexico, one priest offered prayers for the throngs of migrants expected to try to enter as a pandemic-era restriction lifts. Another priest provided legal counsel for those who already rushed the border fearing even more punitive prohibitions are coming. Several faith leaders said they feared migrants would still seek to enter the United States, but taking more dangerous routes.