Illegal immigrants from around the world are using the border crisis to their advantage by traveling to Del Rio, Texas and attempting to cross the southern border from there.
Migrants descending on Del Rio to cross into the U.S. from the southern border are coming from South American countries, Africa and the Middle East and include Eritrea, Lebanon, Uzbekistan, Lebanon and Tajikistan — which is next door to Taliban-controlled Afghanistan.
The Del Rio border sector in October saw more than 28,000 illegal migrants apprehended from 50 different countries.
Customs and Border Protection (CBP) issued a statement on Tuesday outlining the countries of origin for the apprehended migrants.
“We encounter individuals from all over the world attempting to illegally enter our country,” Del Rio Sector Chief Patrol Agent Jason D. Owens said in the release. “Our agents are focused and work hard to ensure that we detect, arrest, and identify anyone that enters our country in order to maintain [the] safety of our communities.”
The surge of migrants from these countries further shows the urgency and growing danger at the southern border which has largely been ignored by the Biden administration.
Vice President Harris, who was appointed border czar by President Biden has only visited the border once since taking office. Furthermore, Biden himself has not visited the border in over a decade, in fact, the administration as a whole has done nothing in the way of improving the ever growing crisis.
Texas landowners who have been deeply and negatively impacted by the crisis are now demanding compensation from the federal government for damages they have incurred.
“It’s getting very expensive. We have heard nothing from the federal government on help for private property owners,” South Texans’ Property Rights Association executive director Susan Kibbe said.