https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/19/us/migrants-texas-border-scenes.html
Night Crossings: Scenes From the U.S.-Mexico Border
Credit.
April 19, 2021Updated 11:02 a.m. ET
ROMA, Texas Shortly after sunset, there are signs of life on an isolated riverbank outside the border town of Roma, Texas. Over on the Mexican shore of the Rio Grande, flickering lights appear through the trees for a moment, then disappear.
There is the sound of muffled voices; of air pumping into an inflatable boat, a soft splash as it hits the water. The “coyotes” smugglers paid to ferry migrants across the border whistle and call over to the American side of the river: “Who’s there?”