An enormous caravan of 6,000 migrants is reportedly barreling its way toward the US-Mexico border with video footage showing many hanging on top of a train on their journey.
“A caravan of at least 6,000 migrants continues to make its way to the southern border of the United States, with many headed to El Paso,” read the caption to a video posted on Instagram which explained that it was “an incoming train captured in Villa Ahumada in Chihuahua” on Thursday.
“The 6,000 migrants in the caravan have been moving steadily towards America for weeks, taking a similar route to hundreds of thousands before them traveling through difficult terrain,” Daily Mail reported.
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“According to Mexican news outlet El Dario de Chihuahua, the day after Christmas a camp named ‘El Alamillo’ – close to the Alamillo train station – was already empty, as the flood of people moves on to its next stage in Juarez,” Daily Mail noted.
The incoming groups of migrants come as Border Patrol agents recorded the highest number of illegal crossers in December, a staggering average of over 9,600 migrant crossings per day, up from the 6,800 daily average in November, according to the outlet.
“That is a historic number,” said Texas Rep. Tony Gonzales last week while in Eagle Pass, Texas. “Yet, more people are coming. And there’s more people in the pipeline.”
NEW: Border Patrol’s Del Rio sector (Eagle Pass), reports apprehending over 22,000 illegal immigrants in just a one week span from 12/17 – 12/23. Massive numbers for just one of nine sectors on the southern border, as mass catch & release continues on the largest scale ever seen.
— Bill Melugin (@BillMelugin_) December 28, 2023
The sheer optics of the massive number of people headed for the border continues to generate anger in the U.S.
Actor James Woods reacted to the stunning video of an “illegal alien tsunami” that is being allowed by Democrats who “must import illegal votes to survive as a party.”
The Democrats support the illegal alien tsunami, because their political platforms couldn’t muster a single vote from a rational human being with an IQ in triple digits. They must import illegal votes to survive as a party. https://t.co/pIK6QquATI
— James Woods (@RealJamesWoods) December 29, 2023
“In Jimenez, a city at the southern tip of the state of Chihuahua, 2,500 migrants that arrived between Christmas Eve and Christmas were housed at the Gomez Morin Municipal Gym,” KFOR reported, citing El Diario. “Some told authorities they got off trains in Durango, Mexico, which stopped running for the holidays, and walked five hours to Chihuahua because they wanted to get to the border as soon as possible.”
#BREAKING CBP sources confirm migrant encounters have surpassed 250k for the month of December—On pace to break the previous record set in September of 269,735.
The majority, 66k+ have entered through Arizona’s Tucson sector (Lukeville) this month—While 60k+ entered through… pic.twitter.com/0lDpvPy3PN
— Ali Bradley (@AliBradleyTV) December 26, 2023
The U.S. temporarily shuttered several border crossings this month. However, after meeting with an American delegation that included U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador told reporters that an agreement had been reached to keep border crossings open.
NEW: Contact on the ground in Lukeville, AZ says Border Patrol is getting pounded with mass illegal crossings tonight. This is the scene at the Lukeville port of entry tonight, which has been closed for week because of the mass crossings there. People have to drive hours away. pic.twitter.com/nESgo3Whmw
— Bill Melugin (@BillMelugin_) December 28, 2023
House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., blasted the “unconscionable” discussion with Mexico of “amnesty for illegal immigrants.”
“This development further demonstrates the Administration has no real intention of solving the humanitarian disaster and immediate national security crisis their policies have created,” he said in a statement. “President Biden needs to stop vacationing and take immediate steps to stop the flow of illegal immigration into our country. Our nation’s security and sovereignty depend upon it, and the American people demand it.”
At a time when America is experiencing the worst border crisis in our nation’s history, it is unconscionable to hear the Biden Administration’s announcement that Secretaries Mayorkas and Blinken discussed with the President of Mexico amnesty for illegal immigrants. The United… https://t.co/V6jExFVDoV
— Speaker Mike Johnson (@SpeakerJohnson) December 28, 2023
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Originally from New York, Powers graduated from New York University and eventually made her way to sunny South Florida. Powers also contributes to BizPac Review.
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