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Eagle Pass bridge overwhelmed by thousands of immigrants closes: ‘Collapsing operations’

By Anna Giaritelli
Published September 20, 2023 6:46pm ET
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Eagle Pass bridge overwhelmed by thousands of immigrants closes: ‘Collapsing operations’
AUSTIN, Texas — The small border town of Eagle Pass is facing its own Del Rio bridge crisis exactly two years after thousands of immigrants illegally crossed the Mexico border and were held under a bridge for days. The town of 30,000 residents has seen thousands of noncitizens swimming and wading across the Rio Grande […]

AUSTIN, Texas — The small border town of Eagle Pass is facing its own Del Rio bridge crisis exactly two years after thousands of immigrants illegally crossed the Mexico border and were held under a bridge for days.

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