Shock video shows up to 1,000 migrants huddled under bridge at US-Mexico border as arrests hit highest level in 21 YEARS
SHOCK footage has emerged showing up to 1,000 migrants crammed under a bridge on the US-Mexico border – as border arrests reached a 21-year high.
A video posted by Fox news correspondent Bill Melugin showed a huge crowd seemingly coming from Mexico being held in a long line under Anzalduas Bridge on the southern border between that country and the United States.
Melugin claimed in a caption for the video that it was “the largest group of migrants we’ve ever seen” being held in that location.
“Looks like it could be up to 1,000 people,” he added. “We can only get a look at the area with our drone. There’s a popular Rio Grande crossing area nearby.”
GOP House member Elise Stefanik retweeted it and responded, “An absolute catastrophe from Joe Biden, Kamala Harris, and House & Senate Democrats. #BidenBorderCrisis.”
Rep Henry Cuellar, a Democrat representing the 28th Congressional District in Texas, shared images of migrants underneath the bridge and wrote on July 31, “Our DHS agents, & border communities, are overwhelmed & must be prioritized.”
“DHS will again encounter over 180,000 immigrants at the southern border during July — adding to the more than 1M immigrants that have arrived at the southern border in FY21,” he added, noting that, “Something has to change!”
The shocking video footage comes as CNN reported that Customs and Border Protection arrested more than 176,000 migrants from July 1-28.
The outlet noted that’s the most arrests in July since at least 2000.
Some people feel that President Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris are not doing nearly enough to contend with the border crisis.
VP Harris was appointed “border czar” back in March, although the White House insists Harris’ role in that capacity was specifically to address “root causes” of migration in the Northern Triangle countries – Guatemala, El Salvador, and Honduras – and not into the US.
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High temperatures at the border could be worsening an already dire situation for migrants coming into the country and waiting to be processed.
“Migrants are often desperate for food and water as soon as they are encountered, as they underestimate the high temperatures and don’t carry enough supplies with them,” a CBP spokesperson said in a statement obtained by CNN.
“CBP’s message for anyone who is thinking of entering the United States illegally along the Southwest border is simple: don’t do it.”
