El Paso scrambles to move migrants off the streets and gives them free bus rides as shelters reach capacity

Albeleis Arteaga plays with his son Albedaniel at an encampment near an El Paso Greyhound bus station on Sept. 13 as his wife, Daniela Arias, returns with clothing and a backpack to store the family’s belongings. (Credit: Jorge Salgado for The Texas Tribune)

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EL PASO — Soon after a Border Patrol van dropped off Albeleis Arteaga, his wife and 4-month-old baby downtown on a recent Monday evening, it began to rain. Arteaga and his family didn’t know where to go, so they joined dozens of other migrants, most of them fellow Venezuelans, who have been sleeping outdoors next to a charter bus station.