More than 500 migrants, including a significant number of “Special Interest Aliens” from countries like Iran, Egypt, Afghanistan, and Turkey, crossed into Eagle Pass, Texas over the weekend. The surge also includes an alarming number of unaccompanied migrant children.
EAGLE PASS , Texas — More than 500 migrants in four large groups crossed into Eagle Pass over the weekend. Most concerning, according to a source with Customs and Border Protection , is the number of Special Interest Aliens embedded within the groups. Since Friday, five migrants from Iran, 19 from Egypt, four from Afghanistan, and five migrants from Turkey were arrested after illegally crossing the Rio Grande into the small Texas border town of Eagle Pass .
Since Friday, another alarming trend, according to the source, is the number of unaccompanied migrant children appearing at the border in Eagle Pass. “Since Friday, 102 unaccompanied migrant children who have been sent to the border alone by their families have been apprehended. That’s about 20 percent of what we have seen in the most recent groups,” the source emphasized.
Several posts on X by Texas DPS spokesperson Lieutenant Chris Olivares confirmed the information provided by our source. His posts included photos of the unusually large groups being encountered in Eagle Pass. According to the posts by the Texas Department of Public Safety, some in the migrant groups, mainly single adult migrants, will be prosecuted for trespassing.
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