Dozens of migrants were sheltered in buses on Sunday night after Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) dropped them off at a Greyhound station in El Paso, Texas, local police told CNN on Monday.

ICE dropped off a group of about 200 migrants at the Greyhound station without warning nearby shelters, volunteers told El Paso Times.

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Several buses from El Paso's local transit agency arrived on Sunday night for the migrants to board as they waited at the station, which was too small to hold all of them, according to local reports

"We weren't going to put 200 people on the streets of El Paso on a cold night," Sgt. Robert Gomez, spokesman with the El Paso Police Department, told CNN. "We wouldn't do that."

Officials at the bus terminal told El Paso police about the crowd of 211 people on Sunday evening, saying individuals were seeking to board buses without tickets, according to CNN.

Hundreds of migrant families released onto the streets of El Paso on Christmas Eve, without food, money or help. ICE says more will be released tomorrow and following day. If you would like to help - please donate to migrant shelter Annunciation House: https://t.co/062olxpA6Z — Beto O'Rourke (@BetoORourke) December 24, 2018

You can also volunteer directly through Annunciation House. They're looking for people who are willing to drive refugees to the bus station and airport. To get started, email refugees@annunciationhouse.org and a volunteer lead will get back to you. — Beto O'Rourke (@BetoORourke) December 24, 2018

An email to ICE from The Hill bounced back with an automatic message saying ICE's public affairs officers are out of the office due to the partial government shutdown.

"We are unable to respond to media queries during this period because we are prohibited by law from working," the email reads.

Updated on Dec. 25 at 6:20 a.m.