The Refugee crisis at the southern border of the USA is getting worse: More than 2,000 people cross the Rio Grande every day Heading towards Eagle Pass, Texas.
Impressive images of groups of immigrants crossing the river towards the town of Eagle Pass were published this Thursday by the reporter Griff Jenkinsfrom Fox News, which assures that more than 2,000 people, mostly from Venezuela, pass through this 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 that population crossed illegally this month… Most of these immigrants are from Venezuela and I say they are .” “Here for the ‘opportunity,'” he said in his X-profile.
Reports from other journalists and media confirm the avalanche of immigrants flowing through this area US border with Mexico.
“There is no law enforcement on either the Mexican or U.S. sides. “This is Piedras Negras, where thousands have free access,” said reporter Auden Cabello, who has posted several videos from Eagle Pass on X.
“Migrants cross International Bridge 2 and surrender day and night. “Many arrive on foot in stockings, in temperatures of over 45 degrees Celsius and with almost no belongings,” says a report by Telemundo 51 with images that show the worsening migration crisis in this border area.
The note says that “groups of young children, some still in arms and diapers, are grateful to be alive because it says there were moments when they feared they would die by drowning in the Rio Grande .”
Rolando Salinas Jr., mayor of Eagle Passextended the state of emergency to seven days for the second time high numbers of migrants continue to arrive at this point on the border.
Around, Eagle Pass Sheriff Tom SchmerberHe explained: “Everything is very broken, there is no control, the bridge is open, the border is open and they cross the border as if they were the same country they came from.”
Texas Governor Greg Abbotttold Fox News on Wednesday that his state had bused more than 15,800 immigrants to New York City.
Abbott pointed out President Joe Biden as responsible for “the overwhelming majority of immigrants currently here.”
“Biden, not Texas, is responsible for this crisis,” he said.
Last week the Republican politician officially declared an “invasion” by migrants at the state’s southern border and announced new measures to stem the massive influx of people from Mexico into the town of Eagle Pass.
“I have officially declared an invasion of 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 also reject immigrants,” he emphasized.
In the same days, the governments of The United States and Mexico have reached an agreement to address the crisis at the border that they share in the face of the massive influx of migrants from Central and South America.
The Biden administration will send back migrants who cross the border illegally into Mexico. This was agreed at a meeting between the National Migration Institute (INM), the Ferromex company and the United States Customs and Border Protection (CBP), where several measures were agreed to de-escalate the massive arrival of migrants in the border area.