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The worst we ve seen : Migrant influx overwhelms Southwest Texas border counties
Dudley Althaus, Special correspondent
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A large group of migrants from Venezuela cross the Rio Grande near Del Rio. The U.S. has granted Venezuelans already in the country temporary protection from deportations because of the economic collapse and violence in their country.Jessica Phelps /San Antonio Express-News
DEL RIO Struggling to escape the Rio Grande’s grasping current, Ernesto Parra collapsed onto the refuse-choked Texas shore.
“I was very afraid, especially for the little ones,” Parra, 55, said moments after he waded across the river from Mexico with his wife, Mariana, their 11-year-old son and two dozen other migrants.