San Antonio officials said Monday they're phasing out the Migrant Resource Center (MRC), citing a drop-off in the number of arrivals at the center. Why it matters: Since 2022, city officials have maintained that the MRC,

The Migrant Resource Center / Centro de Bienvenida was opened in 2022 on San Pedro Avenue to temporarily shelter migrants traveling through San Antonio after receiving court dates. It will no longer take new arrivals starting on Monday.

The city’s Migrant Resource Center stopped taking in asylum seekers Monday and will close its doors for good in the coming days. The decision to shut down the center after more than two years of operation resulted from a sharp decline in asylum seekers passing through San Antonio after crossing the border.