as fast as it did. we saw 5,000 migrants here last wednesday. at last wednesday it peaked 15,000 migrants, calling the shade of that border bridge home. i had a chance to get close to the camp today with the mayor of del rio. he said they prosed several thousands, the current number around 11,000 people, but that is still roughly a third of the population of this entire city that has yet to be processed, waiting in near 100 degree temperatures right now. really the concern going forward is how can they provide humanitarian need and also processing as officially as possible? it has been an incredibly dynamic situation over the last 48 hours, has seen drastic change, most notably coming on saturday evening when we saw an incredible convergence of law enforcement arrive. hundreds of state troopers, hundreds of border patrol
process north. what s happening right here, right now, the only border crossing into mexico and del rio remains closed down and it is a 24/7 mission. we are just on the side of the border fence and we are seeing agency after agency drive through this gate, manned by the national security. this is just part of the massive response we ve seen from authorities here in response to a group that essentially tripled in size in just a matter of days. go back to last wednesday, the group beneath that bridge about 5,000 strong, at last check over the weekend, 15,000 people were essentially calling the shade of this border bridge home. the goal right now, trying to process every single one of those people, some of those bused to nearby processing facilities that are not overwhelmed, others being flown on what they re calling lateral flights to do that same thing and then we ve already confirmed over the weekend that those first deportation flights have already begun, three of which