MURRIETA: No more flights of migrants arriving this week, police say

The Border Patrol station on Madison Ave in Murrieta.  FRANK BELLINO/ STAFF PHOTOGRAPHERThe Press Enterprise – by Sarah Burge

Murrieta police say Border Patrol officials notified them late Wednesday afternoon that there will be no flights of immigrants from Texas arriving in San Diego on Thursday or for the rest of the week.

More than a week after protesters thwarted federal officials’ efforts to send three busloads of migrants flown in from Texas to the Murrieta U.S. Border Patrol station, anti-illegal immigration activists were vowing to continue their efforts to keep the migrants away. 

Protest organizer Patrice Lynes, of Temecula, said they were expecting another 140 migrants to arrive by plane in San Diego Thursday. She said protesters planned to gather outside the station Thursday morning in case Border Patrol officials attempted to bus the migrants to Murrieta again.

Reach Sarah Burge at 951-368-9694 or sburge@pe.com

http://blog.pe.com/news/2014/07/09/murrieta-no-more-flights-of-migrants-arriving-this-week-police-say/

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