Two new tent cities open in Texas to handle influx of migrant families.
DONNA, Texas — The dirt roads in the Lower Rio Grande Valley National Wildlife Refuge curve just beside the river as brush folds over the dry cracked dirt as far as the eye can see.
Groups of families and unaccompanied children are crossing the border in the Rio Grande Valley by the hundreds per day. Agents say the flood of people is "nonstop," and report 1200 to 1500 apprehensions per day - making it the busiest area of a border for the entire country.John Morris, acting deputy chief patrol agent in the Border Patrol’s Rio Grande Valley sector, called them a “Band-Aid” to help deal with the dramatic overcapacity at other federal facilities.
“The smuggler will tell them to walk up and follow that road until you see a green and white vehicle, an agent dressed in green, and tell them you’re there to turn themselves in,” Morris said. Inside the station, in between the holding cells, diapers were stacked on tables against the wall. Baby formula and bottles sat next to water jugs. Mothers stood in line, holding their babies, waiting for baby wipes.
Agents found the man’s wife and eldest son, a six-year-old boy, crying for help from the river, struggling to stay afloat but alive. Agents then found the man’s 10-month-old son several miles downriver, deceased."What we're dealing with now is senseless tragedy," said Raul L. Ortiz, chief patrol agent of the Customs and Border Protection's Del Rio sector.
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