CBP agents in a Texas town detain 200 migrants crossing the Rio Grande in ONE night as border crisis spirals
Hundreds of migrants were detained by Border Patrol agents in west Texas after they illegally entered the United States from Mexico via the Rio Grande
At least 200 migrants were taken in by the border officers in the town of La Joya after they were found at a park, according to Border Report
Agents told the outlet that some of the migrants discarded bracelets given to them by human smugglers and cartels for the chance to illegally migrate
U.S. Customs and Border Protection announced in a statement that agents detained 276 in the nearby towns of La Grulla and Roma on Tuesday
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agents have encountered 35 groups of over 100 illegal immigrants in the Rio Grande Valley sector this year, including two groups that were apprehended on Tuesday, according to a CBP press release.
Rio Grande City Border Patrol (RGC) observed dozens of individuals, including family members and unaccompanied children, crossing the Rio Grande after receiving a report of a large group attempting to unlawfully cross the U.S.-Mexico border.
Agents ultimately apprehended 145 illegal immigrants, including 121 family members and 24 unaccompanied illegal immigrant children.
RGC agents encountered the second group, totaling 131 people, near La Grulla, Texas. The second large group consisted of 99 family members, 28 illegal immigrant children traveling alone, and four single adults.
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Ana Hernandez fights back tears as she explains why she and her two-year-old-son, Matteo, made the hazardous journey from Honduras to seek asylum in the United States. There is no work in my country, she says in Spanish. You cannot find food. My family wants a better life.
The petite 25-year-old and her toddler were transported by people-smugglers known as coyotes in lorries, buses and vans during a long and gruelling journey through Guatemala and Mexico, before crossing the Rio Grande river by raft under cover of night and surrendering to officers of the U.S. Border Patrol.
By Dominick Mastrangelo - 04/07/21 08:38 AM EDT
Video taken near the southwest border with Mexico last week shows a young migrant child pleading with immigration authorities for help, telling them that he was abandoned by a larger group of migrants traveling to the U.S. Somebody could rob or kidnap me, I m scared, the sobbing child can be seen saying in the video.
An officer asks the child if he crossed the border with his mother or father.
ADVERTISEMENT No, no, the boy responds. I came with a group and they left me behind.
NBC News reported the 10-year-old boy was from Nicaragua and was found walking on a rural road near La Grulla, Texas, in the Rio Grande Valley. ABC News reported the child was taken to a migrant holding facility for children in Donna, Texas.