DEL RIO, Texas– The population of the migrant camp under the regional international bridge fell to simply over 9,100 after Texas DPS troopers and National Guardsmen efficiently closed border crossing points from Mexico. State authorities informed Governor Greg Abbott on Tuesday they have efficiently closed the crossings near the migrant camp.
Texas Department of Public Security Southern Area Director Victor Escalon told Guv Abbott the efforts by troopers and National Guardsmen stopped the circulation of migrants across the Rio Grande into Del Rio. This allowed the Department of Homeland Security to get rid of sufficient migrants to reduce the population of the migrant camp under the international bridge.
Texas Department of Public Security Southern Area Director Victor Escalon, Director Steve McCraw, Texas National Guard Adjutant General Tracy Norris, and National Border Patrol Council President Brandon Judd short Texas Guv Greg Abbott, Home Speaker Dade Phelan, and a delegation of state representatives on the current conditions in Del Rio.( Picture: Bob Price/Breitbart Texas )Escalon said the population is
currently approximated to be 9,137 as of Tuesday morning. This includes approximately 6,728 family, 1,579 single adult males, 493 single adult females, and 337 males with a pregnant spouse. Escalon informed the governor his release of resources secured the weir dam that was the scene of the enormous crossings that brought the camp’s population to more than 15,000 over the weekend. Troopers and guardsmen likewise secured the upriver parts of the Rio Grande west of Del Rio.
The next relocation, the director stated, was for cannon fodders to close down crossings downstream from the encampment.
On Sunday, U.S. and Mexican officials started removal flights of Haitian migrants, Breitbart Texas reported.
DHS authorities informed Breitbart Texas on Tuesday morning that their firm conducted three repatriation flights from Del Rio to Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on Sunday. Those flights, performed under Title 42 coronavirus protection protocols carried out by the Centers for Disease Control and Avoidance under the Trump administration, got rid of an overall of 327 Haitian nationals.
On Monday, 2 more repatriation flights moved 233 additional migrants to Haiti.
Of those, officials said 102 of Sunday’s removals were member of the family. Monday’s flights included 128 family members.
National Border Patrol Council President Brandon Judd briefs Texas Governor Greg Abbott on current conditions inside the Del Rio migrant encampment. (Picture: Randy Clark/Breitbart Texas) National Border Patrol Council President Brandon Judd credited the State of Texas for successfully closing down the free-flowing border crossings of the primarily Haitian migrants that drew nationwide attention last week and over the weekend. He stated DPS troopers and members of the Texas National Guard significantly surpassed Border Patrol agents deployed by U.S. Customs and Border Security officials.
Bob Costacts as associate editor and senior news contributor for the Breitbart Texas-Border group. He is an initial member of the Breitbart Texas group. Rate is a regular panelist on Fox 26 Houston’s What’s Your Point?Sunday-morning talk program. Follow him on Twitter @BobPriceBBTXand Facebook.
Randy Clarkis a 32-year veteran of the United States Border Patrol. Prior to his retirement, he acted as the Department Chief for Police Operations, directing operations for nine Border Patrol Stations within the Del Rio, Texas, Sector. Follow him on Twitter @RandyClarkBBTX.