Processing center 'nearly empty' as migrant encounters drop

EL PASO, Texas (Border Report) – It was just over two years ago that a West Texas congressman sounded the alarm on how illegal immigration had federal officials in El Paso running around on crisis mode.Border agents were averaging 1,200 to 1,500 encounters a day and processing centers built to accommodate just over a thousand were holding more than 5,000 migrants, U.S. Rep. Tony Gonzales, R-Texas, said at the time.Nine hundred to 1,000 people were being released any given day with a Notice