Hundreds of migrants are ALREADY crossing the border at Eagle Pass as they get off ‘The Beast’ cargo train: Border patrol says at least three tested positive for TUBERCULOSIS in El Paso
Shocking footage has revealed hundreds of migrants flooding across the southern border overnight after leaving a freight train known as ‘The Beast’.
Border officials are in turmoil after being overwhelmed by refugees in recent weeks, with the small town of Eagle Pass, Texas, becoming an epicenter of the crisis as more than 11,500 people have passed through in the past 10 days.
Many have traveled to the border via Mexico’s largest rail network, known as ‘The Beast’, which has sparked further controversy after a number of deaths and injuries were reported from asylum seekers filling the ship to the brim.
On Friday, images were shared by a journalist on X – formerly Twitter Juan Mendoza Diaz showed hundreds of people marching into Eagle Pass under torchlight in the early morning hours.
As the camera panned over the migrants, many smiled and waved — and Diaz said they told him they had arrived by train, despite Mexican officials this week announcing the partial shutdown of “The Beast” because of the wave of problems.
The crisis escalated overnight Friday when at least three cases of tuberculosis were reported among migrants in El Paso, Texas, nearly 500 miles from Eagle Pass.
Shocking nighttime footage showed dozens of migrants pouring into Eagle Pass, Texas – a town of just 29,000 residents through which more than 11,500 refugees have flowed in the past 10 days.
Many of the refugees smiled and waved as the camera panned over them early Friday morning, joining the tens of thousands who have flooded across the border in recent weeks.
Dozens of migrants are pictured filling the freight train, dubbed ‘The Beast’, to the brim in August
The operator of Mexico’s largest rail network partially suspended service this week after the deaths and injuries of at least a half-dozen migrants trying to reach the U.S. border. On Wednesday morning, hundreds of migrants, including children, were still seen atop dozens of freight train cars
As the relentless surge of migrants continues to pour into the border, tension has emerged between the Biden administration and officials in Texas who are criticizing the president for his lack of action.
Rolando Salinas, the mayor of Eagle Pass, denounced Biden on Thursday after the influx devastated his town of just 29,000 residents and saw a wave of “robberies and violence” since the refugees hit the community.
More than 11,500 migrants have flooded the city in the past 10 days, a number that is expected to continue rising as the crisis shows no signs of slowing.
The deteriorating situation has led to stunning images of migrants waiting in line to be processed, while border agents in Texas resorted to using razor wire to reduce the surge.
Uplifting images showed families helped through the barbed wire in recent days, with many crossing difficult terrain and wading through the Rio Grande River in the hope of finding their way to the US.
A baby is passed under the barbed wire near Eagle Pass on Thursday
A migrant is dragged under a fence, which has been torn down and replaced several times by warring officials
An aerial photo shows desperate migrant families breaking through a wire to enter the US
Many of the border crossings are the result of a perilous journey as migrants cross rough terrain, wade through rivers and fill crowded trains in hopes of reaching the US.
Many of the migrants pouring into Eagle Pass this week are from Venezuela. Others come from Mexico, Honduras and other Central and South American countries
On the dangerous route many took to the U.S., a three-year-old boy also died Wednesday after he and his family were swept away by the tides on the Rio Grande River near Eagle Pass. drowned in the river this week.
The Rio Grande has become an epicenter of the national battle over the migrant crisis, where Biden administration officials have cut razor wire that has been hastily put back up by their Texas opponents.
In footage shared by Texas “Border Czar” Mike Banks, a Texas National Guard soldier was seen throwing a large section of wire back across the river to replace the “wire the Biden administrator cut yesterday.”
“Texas will NEVER give up on our efforts to secure the border,” Banks added tweet.
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, an outspoken critic of the Biden administration’s border policies that has transported at least 35,000 migrants to “sanctuary cities” this year, also saw a floating border on the Rio Grande demolished this month after it was deemed dangerous was considered for border crossers. .
Abbott’s attempt to both share the excitement of the influx and bring the situation to national attention, despite claims that Texas is far better prepared than northern cities, led New York Mayor Eric Adams to admit to residents last week that they will ‘lose’ their city without intervention.
In an aerial view, migrants are seen grouped together as they await processing on the Ciudad Juarez side of the border on September 21, 2023 in El Paso, Texas
Rolando Salinas, the mayor of Eagle Pass, said there was a spike in crime that accompanied the increase in the number of migrants
Although U.S. immigration laws have been plagued by problems at the southern border for years, the issue escalated significantly when Title 42 expired in May, a pandemic-era border policy that changed officials’ powers to detain people crossing the border.
On the day the policy expired on May 12, the number of illegal border crossings topped 10,000 – a figure that was maintained for several days.
A large number of refugees have left Venezuela as a result of the country’s ongoing economic downturn, with more than seven million residents leaving the country of 29 million in February, The New York Times reports.
While the vast majority of the seven million have opted for neighboring countries, many have found their way to the US. From 2015 to 2018, only about 100 Venezuelans were stopped at the border each year.
From October 2021 to August 2022, that number was 150,000.
In Eagle Pass, Salinas declared a state of emergency, pointing the finger at Biden’s weak border policies for catalyzing the issue.
“There should be consequences for crossing illegally,” Salinas told The New York Post on Thursday. Salinas, a lifelong resident of his city, said this was unprecedented.
‘I’ve never seen people crossing the road like that. If they want to come, they must enter through the port of entry. I know people are desperate, but this is a nation of laws.
“Our officers are overwhelmed. Our firefighters respond to calls for migrant care. We don’t have the resources to address this.
“We’ve seen robberies, houses broken into.”
Despite the influx ravaging his community, Salinas added that no one from the Biden administration has contacted him to offer help or assistance.
“I haven’t heard from anyone in the administration. The president didn’t make a statement, the vice president. “I haven’t heard from anyone,” he said.
“No one has bothered to call me or the city staff and say, hey, this is the federal government, we know what you’re going through, we’re concerned about you, this is our action plan. Nothing.
‘We are deserted here. We are on the border. We ask for help. This is not acceptable.’
