Thousands more footprints and tire tracks were registered this spring in the Fort Brown area of Brownsville as immigration peaked, and a border security surge arrived in response. Right in the middle are the delicate ruins of the first battle of the Mexican-American War.
KINGSVILLE, Texas — So often when traveling in Texas, you have to drive through the outskirts of a small town. In fact, Texas has more than 200 small towns.
regulations. one policy would banish migrants from the u.s. for five years if they go outside the asylum process or are deemed ineligible for protection. still, in brownsville, texas, city officials are also dealing with the migration influx. cbs s nicole sganga is there. here in brownsville, about 2,000 migrants arriving daily. immigration officials using fort brown, a former military outpost, as a pop-up processing center to help expedite asylum claims. they are hopeful this contingency measure meets the demand, but the question now, for how long? the city of brownsville s process has always been something that could process about 1,000 people a day. we have been doing it about 16 hours a day. reporter: back here in el paso, authorities say they would limit traffic along the port of entry as part of illega. tomorrow tomorrow, the first of 1500 military personnel are set to arrive at the border, not to interact with migrants, but support border patrol operations.