A group of about 600 migrants, including a girl dressed as Santa Claus, entered the United States on Saturday as part of a year-end surge across the southern border.
The giant group, primarily from Venezuela and Honduras, was the largest The Post has seen in Eagle Pass, Texas, this week, where a makeshift open-air transit center processed more than 10,000 people in the past few days alone.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials encountered more than 12,600 illegal immigrants along the U.S.-Mexico border on Monday, a single-day record, as asylum seekers race to beat a new law. Texas state law that could penalize such unauthorized entries.
Saturday’s well-organized crossing began in the predawn darkness, as family groups and individual adults gathered on the Mexican side of the Rio Grande, then waded through the shallow river, some holding cellphones aloft to light their way.
As dawn broke, The Post watched the hour-long parade as migrants emerged from waist-deep water and then walked single file along the riverbank on the U.S. side.
A large group of about 600 migrants walked single file along the U.S. side of the Rio Grande to reach Eagle Pass, Texas. Go Nakamura for NY Post The migrants surrendered to authorities after walking across a path of piled blankets and coats that thwarted the concertina. cable intended to keep them out of the U.S. Go Nakamura for NY Post Members of the group, who told The Post they had come mostly from Honduras and Venezuela, waited calmly as officers escorted them to a processing area . Go Nakamura for the NY Post
They draped blankets and coats over the concertina wire to clear a path through the sharp spikes, then climbed up and were met by state and federal agents who escorted them to a holding area for processing.
A little girl had decked out in a Santa hat, a red striped dress and pink slippers for her trip with what appeared to be a family group of seven.
Authorities encountered 242,418 illegal immigrants at the U.S.-Mexico border in November, CBP announced Friday, a new record for the month.
A little girl in a cheerful red Santa hat and dress crossed into the United States with the group of immigrants. Go Nakamura for NY Post Some stripped to their underwear and threw their wet clothes on the floor. Go Nakamura for NY Post Tucson International Airport has posted a sign directing immigrants without passports where they should go inside the airport to avoid regular security checkpoints. X @BillMelugin_
Others stripped down to their underwear to change into dry clothes, filling the area with abandoned wet belongings.
The staggering total came after nearly 2.5 million people were caught crossing the border illegally in fiscal year 2023 — a record number — along with some 670,000 “getters” who eluded authorities last year.
Meanwhile, special lines were set up at Tucson International Airport in Arizona that allowed “passportless non-U.S. citizens” (i.e., illegal immigrants carrying Department of Homeland Security documents instead of official forms of identification) avoid ordinary controls and board domestic flights. Bill Melugin, Fox News reporter published in X.
Republican National Committee Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel on Saturday criticized the administration’s announcement of the November total, calling it “an attempt to bury the news during the holidays.”
“The numbers don’t lie,” McDaniel said.
“Joe Biden created a humanitarian crisis at our border and is actively weakening our national security.”
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