At this point, should we even start a sentence with “At the US border”? Because to do so would assume that we do, in fact, have a border.
When it has become increasingly obvious that we don’t.
Because when you have a border - an actual, functional border, which is secured enough to where people can’t just meander across it whenever it strikes their fancy and declare they’re here to stay - it doesn’t usually look like this:
BREAKING: Video from a contact on the ground in Eagle Pass, TX right now shows a mass of thousands of migrants waiting to be processed by Border Patrol after they crossed illegally today. I’ve spent hundreds of days there over the last 2+ years and I’ve never seen it like this. pic.twitter.com/JPNYY7sPxI
— Bill Melugin (@BillMelugin_) December 19, 2023
Which was the scene on Monday night as reported by Fox News’ Bill Melugin, who said that in the 2-plus years he’s been covering the border crisis, he’s never seen anything like that. And according to border agents he spoke with, neither have they.
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“Video from a contact on the ground in Eagle Pass, TX right now shows a mass of thousands of migrants waiting to be processed by Border Patrol after they crossed illegally today. I’ve spent hundreds of days there over the last 2+ years and I’ve never seen it like this,” Melugin posted on X.
And the hits just kept coming from there. Melugin later reported that more than 12,00 migrants were apprehended Monday, marking the highest single day ever recorded and blowing the already-crisis-level average of about 10,000 per day out of the proverbial river water.
“Per CBP sources, there were more than 12,600 migrants encountered at the southern border in the last 24 hours, the highest single day total ever recorded. The true number is *significantly* higher because there are thousands still waiting to be processed in Eagle Pass,” he wrote, adding that “[Border Protection] has closed down multiple international railway crossings to redeploy personnel for migrant processing, leading to major disruptions in international commerce” thanks to the surge.
In fact, Union Pacific tweeted photos showing trains stopped near the border and unable to cross thanks to the Biden Administration shutting down train bridges to accommodate the mass of illegal aliens clogging up the border.
Roughly 45% of all rail cars moving to and from Mexico cross through El Paso and Eagle Pass – there isn’t enough capacity at the other four gateways to reroute them. Union Pacific urges the Eagle Pass and El Paso border crossings be reopened immediately. This is impacting:
— Union Pacific (@UnionPacific) December 18, 2023
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“Roughly 45% of all rail cars moving to and from Mexico cross through El Paso and Eagle Pass – there isn’t enough capacity at the other four gateways to reroute them. Union Pacific urges the Eagle Pass and El Paso border crossings be reopened immediately,” the railway tweeted.
While the problem seemed most concentrated in Texas, Melugin reported that Tucson, Arizona clocked in over 3,000 illegal alien apprehensions Monday.
NEW: As Eagle Pass, TX is completely overrun with mass illegal crossings, so too, is Border Patrol’s Tucson, AZ sector, which saw over 3,000 known illegal crossings yesterday. This is the scene in Lukeville, AZ this morning where hundreds from around the globe crossed illegally. pic.twitter.com/dvWBYd0NV5
— Bill Melugin (@BillMelugin_) December 19, 2023
In Eagle Pass, Texas, Fox News reported Tuesday morning that more than 4,500 migrants are still waiting to be processed. More than 5,300 are already in custody and border detention facilities are already at 260% over capacity.
Not that anyone in this godforsaken dumpster fire of an administration cares.
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