EXCLUSIVE PHOTOS: Group of 500 Migrants Cross into West Texas Border Town in 100-Degree Heat
RANDY CLARK12 Jul 202235
EAGLE PASS, Texas — A single group of 496 migrants forded the Rio Grande to a local rally point nearly a mile past the river Tuesday. The mostly single adult males ignored the scorching mid-day heat to surrender to Border Patrol agents. As the temperature rose to above 106 degrees Fahrenheit, agents worked quickly to provide water and arrange transportation to a processing center.
The group hailed from Venezuela, Cuba, Nicaragua, and others, according to a source within CBP. The group sought shade under mesquite trees as agents distributed water and first aid.
Eagle Pass is now the epicenter of the border crisis and leads the nation in large migrant group crossings and overall daily apprehensions. As reported by Breitbart Texas, in one six-day period recently, more than 10,000 crossed the Rio Grande in and around the city.
Group of 496 mostly male single adult migrants appear near Eagle Pass, Texas on July 12, 2022 | Breitbart Texas/Randy Clark
The increase in traffic has taxed local authorities as well. On Tuesday, municipal firefighters responded to the banks of the Rio Grande to extinguish a brush fire allegedly started by the migrants at a crossing point.
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