Themigrant crisis worsens on the southern border of the United States:More than 2,000 people cross the Rio Grande every day towards Eagle Pass, Texas.
Impressive images of groups of immigrants crossing the river towards the town of Eagle Pass published this Thursday by the reporterGriff Jenkins, ofFox News, who assures that a number of more than 2,000 people, mainly from Venezuela, cross that area every day.
“The population of Eagle Pass, TX, is just under 30,000 people, and with more than 2,000 immigrants per day, more than double its population has crossed illegally this month... Most of these immigrants are from Venezuela and I They say they are here for the 'opportunity,'” he said in his X profile.
Reports from other journalists and media corroborate the avalanche of immigrants through that area of theUS border with Mexico.
“There is no law enforcement on either the Mexican side or the US side. This is Piedras Negras, where thousands are entering freely,” said reporter Auden Cabello, who has published several videos on X from Eagle Pass.
“Migrants cross on International Bridge 2 and surrender at night and day. Many arrive walking in stocking shoes, in temperatures that exceed 100 degrees Fahrenheit, with almost no belongings,” details a report fromTelemundo 51, with images that show the worsening of the migration crisis in that border area.
The note testifies that "groups with small children, some still in arms and in diapers, are grateful for being alive because it says that there were moments where they feared they would die by drowning in the Rio Grande."
Rolando Salinas Jr., mayor of Eagle Pass, extended the state of emergency for the second time to seven days due tohigh number of migrants who continue to arrive at this point on the border.
About,the sheriff of Eagle Pass, Tom Schmerber, declared: “Everything is very broken, there is no control, the bridge is open, the border is open and they are crossing as if they were the same country they came from.”
Texas Governor Greg Abbott, told Fox News on Wednesday that his state has bused more than 15,800 immigrants to New York City.
Abbott pointed outPresident Joe Biden as responsible for “the overwhelming majority of immigrants who are here right now.”
“Biden, not Texas, is to blame for this crisis,” he said.
Last week the Republican politicianofficially declared an “invasion” of migrants on the southern border of the state and announced new measures to contain the massive arrival of people to the city of Eagle Pass, from Mexico.
“I officially declared an invasion on our border because of Biden's policies. We deployed the Texas National Guard, DPS and local law enforcement. We are building a border wall, barbed wire and sea barriers. We are also repelling immigrants,” he stressed.
In those same days, the governments ofThe US and Mexico reached an agreement to confront the crisis on the border that they share in the face of the massive influx of migrants from Central and South America.
The Biden administration will return migrants who cross the border illegally to Mexico, it was agreed in ameeting between the National Migration Institute (INM), the Ferromex company and the United States Customs and Border Protection Office (CBP), where several actions were agreed to de-escalate the massive arrival of migrants to the border area.
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