San Diego Supervisors Declare Humanitarian Crisis on Federal Response to Migrant Issue

A U.S. Border Patrol agent keeps watch as migrants enter a vehicle to be transported from a makeshift camp between border walls between the U.S. and Mexico in San Diego on May 13, 2023. Mario Tama/Getty Images

SAN DIEGO—The San Diego County Board of Supervisors unanimously declared on Sept. 26 the lack of federal resources for asylum seekers a humanitarian crisis, along with making several recommendations.

The vote follows recent public concern over migrants being dropped in the San Diego County area by U.S. border agents.