Yuma border crisis to dwarf Del Rio debacle, captures up 2,400%

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While the media has moved on from the border crisis in Del Rio, Texas, after the administration cleaned out a bridge encampment of 15,000 illegal migrants, a bigger fiasco is likely to draw reporters back in neighboring Arizona.

Border officials said that they are already seeing a surge of illegal crossings, some 2,400% over last year, and have put out an emergency call for agents to help with the crush.

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