Border Patrol has released 13,000 migrants on the streets of San Diego as the city's shelters have been overwhelmed with as many as 500 new arrivals each day.San Diego, the largest U.S. city on the Mexican border, has a developed well-oiled system to shelter asylum-seekers, but is struggling with a massive influx of migrants crossing the border. Illegal crossings topped a daily average of more than 8,000 last month after a lull following the start of new asylum restrictions in May had diminishing impact and people from dozens of countries, notably Venezuela, were drawn by prospects of jobs and safety. More than 200,000 migrants crossed the US-Mexico border at the San Diego sector from January to August of this year - the highest number in two decades.
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