Human smugglers working for Mexican cartels have pushed thousands of immigrants across the Rio Grande from the Mexican city of Matamoros in the last several days, overwhelming Border Patrol agents in Brownsville, Texas,
The surge began last weekend as agents based out of Brownsville made more than 1,000 apprehensions of immigrants crossing illegally each day.In a 24-hour period Monday, Border Patrol agents in the Rio Grande Valley of southeastern Texas took 1,600 people into custody, including groups of a couple of hundred people that came over the river on makeshift rafts and on foot.
"We are here today addressing this migrant influx that has been affecting us now for about a week. We’ve had some high numbers of migrants come across this location. As you can see — a lot of the clothing, there's a lot of clothing left all over the area," said Gloria Chavez, Border Patrol's Rio Grande Valley Sector chief patrol agent, in a video shared on social media Thursday.
In a video that Chavez filmed on the shoreline, she explained that immigrants who have been camped outside in Matamoros could wade through the water and then cross to shore, where they see heaps of clothing that lead up from the river. Trails lead up from the river into the brush where immigrants surrender to federal law enforcement agents and then are transported to stations or tent facilities.
"This advancement in mobile technology has expedited intake and processing in the field. Great work by our Border Patrol Agents as they manage through this migrant influx in the #RGV Sector," Chavez said in an Instagram post.
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