El Paso, Texas- Fox News captured video of more than 1,000 migrants lining the Rio Grande in El Paso, which has become overwhelmed after the recent surge.
The El Paso sector of the southern border has faced at least 139,000 encounters with migrants since Oct. 1, a 255% increase over the same period last year, according to Customs and Border Protection sources. And over the weekend, there was a three-day average of 2,500 encounters with migrants, according to the Border Patrol.
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The video shows migrants wrapped in blankets huddled along the Rio Grande. Others are camped out on the streets of El Paso. Some shared their final destinations with Fox News, including Chicago, Las Vegas and Texas. They came from Venezuela, Nicaragua and Cuba.
The recent turnout is a record for El Paso, according to El Paso Deputy City Manager Mario D’Agostino,
The freezing winter temperatures prompted some groups of migrants to start bonfires to keep warm.
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MANCHIN URGES WHITE HOUSE TO KEEP TITLE 42 BORDER POLICY IN PLACE
Shelters, churches and missions across the city are at full capacity, forcing some migrants to sleep on the streets, at the airport or anywhere they can take shelter from the winter chill, a shelter director told Fox News. for the homeless in El Paso.
In response to the record number of crossings, President Biden requested $4 billion in border funding, according to a congressional aide. Half would go to CBP and Immigration and Customs Enforcement would receive the other $2 billion.
Migrants at the front of the line are processed for entry by Customs and Border Protection.
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NEWSOM SAYS CALIFORNIA IS ABOUT TO ‘BREAK DOWN’ AMID FLOOD OF ILLEGAL MIGRANTS WHEN TITLE 42 EXPIRES
Meanwhile, Title 42, a health protocol that allows the government to quickly expel migrants, will end on December 21. The Department of Homeland Security estimates that between 9,000 and 15,000 migrant crossings per day could occur at that point.
El Paso has never seen this number of migrant crossings, according to El Paso’s deputy city manager.
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Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, who visited El Paso this week, said DHS has a plan to deal with the expected surge.
To see what the situation is like for migrants at the El Paso border, click here.
Ramiro Vargas contributed to this report.
