U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) announced its agents encountered at least 12,600 migrants on Monday, setting a new record that hit only two weeks ago.
The thing is, the number would actually be a lot higher, but the agents could not process all of the migrants in Eagle Pass, TX.
“The official numbers yesterday include over 11,000 Border Patrol apprehensions of illegal immigrants and more than 1,600 migrants encountered at CBP ports of entry,” wrote Bill Melugin on Twitter.
NewsNation’s Jorge Ventura reported that Eagle Pass has become “one of the deadliest crossing points on the southern border.”
Border patrol witnesses at least one drowning a day in the Rio Grande.
Migrants have to swim across it to enter Texas.
NewsNation’s Ali Bradley is on the case this morning in Lukeville, AZ, the top crossing point in the Tucson sector.
Bradley found around 300 migrants waiting to travel to a processing center. The ones she spoke to came from Guinea, Bangladesh, and India. They want to go to Milwaukee, Florida, and New York.
The agents cannot take them to the Ajo station since it’s maxed out. They’ll take the migrants to the Yuma station, but they won’t get a court date for 2-6 years.
This is ridiculous.
CBP closed railway crossings at international crossing points in Eagle Pass and El Paso on Monday due to migrants using the trains to enter the country.
Union Pacific is not happy. It will affect the supply chain:
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