EAGLE PASS, Texas — Border Patrol agents on Friday intercepted a large group of migrants shortly after they crossed the shallow Rio Grande River 19 miles north of Eagle Pass. A large group of 260 migrants entered the United States before dawn.
The large immigrant groups included Iranians, Egyptians, Angolans, and Bolivians. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officials say multinational groups of migrants are becoming the norm in small border cities in Texas.
The person, who was not authorized to speak to the media, said many in the group, including four Egyptians and two Iranians, ultimately decided to pursue asylum claims because of the difficulty of returning to their home countries. He will be released to the United States. While the large increase in border crossings expected after President-elect Trump's recent victory has not materialized, officials say they are on the rise and the size of migrant groups is expanding.
As reported by Breitbart Texas, the surge has been thwarted by Mexican law enforcement officials, with thousands of migrants boarding trains on the country's freight train system known as “La Bestia” or “The Beast.” It still prevents people from arriving in the United States using the The source said that if the situation changes, Americans should expect a return to the days when more than 70,000 to 10,000 immigrants were entering the United States every day.
Sources say it used to be rare for foreigners with special interests to pass through Eagle Pass. Sources say the violence in Sinaloa is one of the reasons immigrants from special interest countries choose to enter the United States in Texas. Either way, the trend is concerning, sources told Breitbart Texas.
According to 2019 DHS Fact SheetThe term “special interest alien” is defined as follows:
Generally, SIA refers to persons outside the United States who, based on an analysis of their travel patterns, may pose a national security risk to the United States or its national interests. In many cases, such individuals or groups have adopted travel patterns that are known or assessed to be potentially associated with terrorism. DHS' analysis includes examining travel patterns, origins, and/or travel segments related to the current assessment of the domestic and international threat environment.
This does not mean that all SIAs are “terrorists,” but rather that the travel and actions of such individuals indicate a possible association with heinous activities (including terrorism). At the very least, it provides an indicator that requires enhanced testing and further investigation. The term SIA does not refer to any specific derogatory information about an individual. Additionally, DHS has never indicated that the SIA designation has any further meaning.
As reported by Breitbart Texas, the passage of large groups of migrants into Eagle Pass comes after a significant slowdown in the flow of migrants arriving at the U.S. border due to increased election-year enforcement in Mexico. , authorities have confirmed an increasing influx of immigrant groups to Eagle Pass. The Del Rio area reported nearly 4,000 immigrants arrested in the first two weeks of November, most of them in Eagle Pass.
Officials say the pace of migrants entering the department is significantly lower than in November 2023, when more than 40,000 migrants were apprehended within the Del Rio Border Patrol unit. “All we can do is hope that the small price increase doesn't lead to full-scale border congestion in the run-up to Inauguration Day in January,” the official added.
randy clark He is a 32-year veteran of the U.S. Border Patrol. Prior to his retirement, he served as Division Chief of Law Enforcement Operations, directing operations for nine Border Patrol stations within the Del Rio, Texas area. Follow him at X (formerly Twitter) @RandyClarkBBTX.
