A Fox News crew in Texas caught live video of a stream of migrants crossing the border with no resistance before turning themselves in to authorities.
As a Fox News crew headed by reporter Bill Melugin reported on a stream of border crossings in Del Rio, Texas, the camera crew caught an additional stream of migrants suddenly appearing on the other side of the border. That group, which appeared to be another family unit, then waded their way across the strong current of the river, with some seen crying, and turned themselves in to authorities on the U.S. side of the border.
https://twitter.com/dcexaminer/status/1391795859113881609“We saw a man at the top of the hill over there scouting the area out. It’s something we’ve seen happen every single day,” Melugin said. “Typically, a couple of minutes after that, the vehicles pull up, and folks get out. You are seeing it happen again right here. It looks to be probably another family unit crossing the Rio right now, and again, they’re doing it every single morning that we’ve been here. You can see they aren’t trying to run away. They’re not trying to hide. They are literally just presenting themselves here to local law enforcement.”
Melugin also asked a group of migrants where they came from, with all the migrants indicating they were from Venezuela. Migrants were then seen lining up to be processed by authorities, with officials separating the groups between family units and individual adults.
“Believe it or not, this is actually the third day in a row that we’ve witnessed the exact same thing you’re seeing here happen here,” reported Melugin. “This is the largest group we’ve seen so far, a group of 52 migrants that just crossed the Rio Grande. … Almost all of them are Venezuelans. Yes, Border patrol is here now, along with local sheriff’s deputies and state troopers. But again, this is the biggest group we’ve seen do this, the third day in a row. This has been happening every morning we’ve been out here in Del Rio. Every day, most of these migrants have been coming from Venezuela and Cuba.”
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Melugin also noted that people seeking asylum from places such as Venezuela and Cuba are more likely to be granted asylum claims.
The video comes as the Biden administration has continued to struggle with the surge of migrants attempting to cross into the United States, with the government now housing about 25,000 unaccompanied migrant children at crowded border facilities.
The administration has also downplayed the situation at the border, resisting characterizing it as a “crisis” and instead focusing on the humanitarian issues many of the migrants are facing in their home country.
But the scenes from the border in Texas paint a different picture.
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“We hear the administration saying the border is getting under control. We heard DHS Secretary Mayorkas say on Friday … that ‘the border is closed.’ Local law enforcement here will tell you, ‘No, it’s not.’ They will tell you this is a crisis. This is something we’ve seen happen every single day. Del Rio sector extremely hot, averaging more than 700 apprehensions every day in the last week. Border patrol … have apprehended more than 5,000 migrants. Very busy in Del Rio and happening along the U.S.-Mexico border. A lot of frustration down here on the ground,” Melugin added.
