warning to texas residents saying do not go to mexico for any reason, especially spring break right now. it s just too dangerous. and one democrat senator is saying mexico has got to get its act together. take a listen. mexico has a responsibility, first and foremost to its own citizens, to establish safety and security or within its own territory. and if to those who visit its country as well. and so we need to up dramatically in our engagement with mexico. it can t be all about economics, it has to be about safety and security as well. and i i am plaid grade that we are headed in the wrong direction on that and on democracy questions as well. reporter: and then new odd the, take a look at video our drone team shot in eagle pass this morning. as temperatures start to heat up again, we are starting to see a return of these moderate-sized groups of migrants. this group crossing in eagle pass this morning, that dell rio sector the last week alone had
border patrol. we have drone video i want to show you. this group crossing illegally at 7:00 a.m. local time, 8:00 a.m. eastern. a lot of cubans and colombians. probably the largest group we have seen. almost 400 in a single group is the largest we have seen this week. these are the migrants who want to be found by border patrol agents, but some don t. we have a chase that reached speeds of 140 miles per hour. the driver here is an 18-year-old from san antonio. three illegal migrants in the car. the sheriffs office said they have arrested over 100 human smugglers so far this month just in their one county alone. other counties also dealing with the same thing. take a look at this next video. texas dps chasing a human smuggler. you notice the car stops and then the driver and to illegal
groups we have already seen so far this morning. it is not even noon yet out here. look at the second group we saw. another group of about 200 who crossed illegally and started walking along a local highway out here. this is how it is in eagle pass. you can be driving down the road and you will see large groups of several hundred migrants walking down the highway waiting to be apprehended by border patrol. highway 277 and we see migrants on it almost every day out here predominantly single adults from venezuela out here in the sector. while that was going on we had a third group crossing at the same time. look at this video from our drone team on the other side of town in eagle pass. another group of 200 to 300 migrants who also crossed illegally at the same time. this sector has had more than 450,000 illegal crossings so far this year. that s double the number it was at this same time last year. the records keep getting broken. the del rio sector, it s
bill? charles, certainly is. today in eagle pass, it s been one of the most active days we ve seen in quite some time. we ve had group after group crossing illegally including single biggest group we have ever seen here in eagle pass. that video and more coming up after the break. i recommend nature made vitamins because i trust their quality. they were the first to be verified by usp. .an independent organization that sets strict quality and purity standards. nature made. the number one pharmacist recommended
will: that was noodling. will: let s get serious begin the at the border title 42 replains in place for another nine days despite the biden administration s best efforts to rescind it. pete: as the public policy border continues to ramp up. carley: correspondent bill melissa has the latest from eagle pass, texas. good morning. even with title 42 still in place right now. activity here in eagle pass is really starting to shoot through the roof already. take a look at this video 150 illegal immigrants. third day in a row we saw this group crossing. massive drain on border patrol s resources. because they have to call in agents from elsewhere to process these groups. this certainly wasn t the only one. short time later take a look at this piece of video.