Group of 500 Migrants Flood into Texas Border Town

EAGLE PASS, Texas — More than 500 migrants in a single group stormed throughout the Rio Grande River into Eagle Pass, Texas, in a single group earlier this week. The group consisted of Venezuelan, Colombian, and Central American migrants.
Law enforcement authorities on each side of the border have been unable to maintain the migrants from crossing into the small border city, the place they have been turned over to the Border Patrol for processing on Wednesday afternoon.
Most of the group consisted of grownup women and men. A number of households is also seen with some adults carrying babies on their shoulders.
Efrain Gonzalez, an area reporter in Piedras Negras, Coahuila, captured the chaotic scene from the banks of the Rio Grande in Mexico. In a posting on X, Gonzalez requested the migrants the place they have been from, with many claiming to be Venezuelan and Central American migrants.
Intensa mañana de cruces por el río Bravo a Eagle Pass, Tx, se estima la llegada de más de mil migrantes en trenes solo hoy a Piedras Negras pic.twitter.com/T7gfD8lfs7
— Efraín González (@efraiinGzz) November 15, 2023
As the group entered the river, many complained about circumstances in Mexico and the therapy they acquired from Mexico’s National Institute of Migration (INM) whereas within the nation. The video reveals the big group of migrants stretching from the Mexican river financial institution to the United States facet in Eagle Pass.
Happening Now: Hundreds lunge into the Rio Grande and cross into Eagle Pass en masse.
They are crossing by International Bridge 2, the place @elonmusk and @VivekGRamaswamy not too long ago visited.
Video: @efraiinGzz pic.twitter.com/0zROTfzNOp
— Auden B. Cabello (@CabelloAuden) November 15, 2023
According to a supply inside CBP, not licensed to talk to the media, the preliminary depend of migrants taken into custody by the Border Patrol was barely greater than 500. The supply stated authorities believed a further 100 migrants have been staged in Mexico and ready to cross later within the night.
The supply advised Breitbart Texas the group was taken to a soft-sided processing facility north of Eagle Pass. The facility, in accordance with the supply, is sort of 3 times over its capability to carry 1,000 migrant detainees. Most of the migrants can be launched to pursue asylum claims within the United States.
Happening Now: Eagle Pass below Siege as Hundreds Storm the Rio Grande
Video: @efraiinGzz pic.twitter.com/cTR7HLqZPv
— Auden B. Cabello (@CabelloAuden) November 15, 2023
The Del Rio Sector of the Border Patrol, which incorporates the town of Eagle Pass, is the second busiest for migrant crossings alongside the southwest border. In October, greater than 38,000 migrants have been apprehended crossing the Rio Grande into the sector. Wednesday’s giant migrant group crossing was the most important encountered since September, when greater than 45,000 migrants landed within the busy Texas sector.
As reported by Breitbart Texas, a major surge of migrant crossings into Eagle Pass overwhelmed authorities, with one single migrant group numbering greater than 2,000 crossing into the small border metropolis. The surge that lasted for a number of weeks in September outpaced the quantity of principally Haitian migrants apprehended in Del Rio, Texas in September of 2021.
The enhance in migrant crossings captured the eye of X social media platform proprietor Elon Musk and GOP presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy, each of whom visited the small Texas border metropolis because of this.
Randy Clark is a 32-year veteran of the United States Border Patrol. Prior to his retirement, he served because the Division Chief for Law Enforcement Operations, directing operations for 9 Border Patrol Stations throughout the Del Rio, Texas, Sector. Follow him on Twitter @RandyClarkBBTX.