{"id":608425,"date":"2021-08-02T11:20:58","date_gmt":"2021-08-02T15:20:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=608425"},"modified":"2021-08-02T11:20:59","modified_gmt":"2021-08-02T15:20:59","slug":"something-has-to-change-photos-show-hundreds-of-migrants-housed-under-texas-bridge-in-scorching-heat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/something-has-to-change-photos-show-hundreds-of-migrants-housed-under-texas-bridge-in-scorching-heat\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Something Has To Change\u2019: Photos Show \u2018Hundreds\u2019 Of Migrants Housed Under Texas Bridge In Scorching Heat"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fsomething-has-to-change-photos-show-hundreds-of-migrants-housed-under-texas-bridge-in-scorching-heat%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=608425&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/GettyImages-1233825157.jpg?w=1200&amp;h=800&amp;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Shocking photos and drone footage posted to social media show \u201chundreds\u201d of migrants, waiting to be processed by Customs and Border Protection, being held under a bridge in the scorching Texas heat \u2014 a line that at least one immigration reporter called \u201cthe largest group\u2026we\u2019ve ever seen.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Drone footage of the crush of asylum seekers surfaced on social media on Saturday and photos of the massive number of migrants emerged on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>Fox LA\u2019s Bill Melugin was able to capture the scene, adding that the influx began on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur FOX drone is currently over Anzalduas Bridge in Mission, TX where a massive group of hundreds of migrants are waiting to be processed out in the heat. Local Border Patrol stations in the McAllen area are extremely over capacity. Over 3,000 in one day on Friday,\u201d Melugin said on Twitter.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"11.217142857143\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">NEW: Our FOX drone is currently over Anzalduas Bridge in Mission, TX where a massive group of hundreds of migrants are waiting to be processed out in the heat. Local Border Patrol stations in the McAllen area are extremely over capacity. Over 3,000 in one day on Friday. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FoxNews?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@FoxNews<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/IRwttFGkuF\">pic.twitter.com\/IRwttFGkuF<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Bill Melugin (@BillFOXLA) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BillFOXLA\/status\/1421934512959787009?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 1, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Melugin, who frequently covers the border for Fox LA, went on to say that this is the \u201clargest group of migrants we\u2019ve ever seen.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNEW: This is the largest group of migrants we\u2019ve ever seen being held by Border Patrol under Anzalduas Bridge in Mission, TX. Looks like it could be up to 1,000 people. We can only get a look at the area with our drone. There\u2019s a popular Rio Grande crossing area nearby,\u201d Melugin said.<\/p>\n<p>Julio Rosas, who also frequently covers the border, noted that he has witnessed lines under the Anzalduas International Bridge before, but nothing like what Melugin\u2019s drone captured over the weekend. Rosas also noted the hot weather; typically, immigration slows in the summer months because of the arid conditions in the Rio Grande Valley, but according to border patrol numbers, that is not the case in 2021.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve seen Border Patrol\u2019s processing site underneath the Anzalduas International Bridge in Mission, TX off and on since March. I can say this is the most illegal immigrants I\u2019ve seen at the site at one time. It\u2019s close to 100 degrees out right now,\u201d Rosas said on Twitter.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"11.424242424242\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I\u2019ve seen Border Patrol\u2019s processing site underneath the Anzalduas International Bridge in Mission, TX off and on since March. <\/p>\n<p>I can say this is the most illegal immigrants I\u2019ve seen at the site at one time. It\u2019s close to 100 degrees out right now. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/BZAt6RogmD\">pic.twitter.com\/BZAt6RogmD<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Julio Rosas (@Julio_Rosas11) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Julio_Rosas11\/status\/1421954924640866307?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 1, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Melugin noted, later, that Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has re-routed much of its local force to this bridge to help with processing, leaving other areas of the border exposed and open to illegal immigration and human trafficking.<\/p>\n<p>The footage was so concerning that a Democrat Congressman weighed in late Saturday, suggesting that \u201csomething has to change!\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"12.448863636364\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Our DHS agents, &amp; border communities, are overwhelmed &amp; must be prioritized. DHS will again encounter over 180,000 immigrants at the southern border during July\u2014adding to the more than 1M immigrants that have arrived at the southern border in FY21. Something has to change! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/VszU8txBEN\">pic.twitter.com\/VszU8txBEN<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Rep. Henry Cuellar (@RepCuellar) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RepCuellar\/status\/1421602214376845315?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 31, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The Biden administration announced <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usnews.com\/news\/national-news\/articles\/2021-06-11\/biden-to-return-22-billion-in-diverted-border-wall-funds-to-defense-department\">recently that it will return $2.2 billion<\/a> that was diverted from other Homeland Security projects to build the Trump administration\u2019s border wall. House Democrats, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.govexec.com\/workforce\/2021\/07\/democrats-look-redirect-homeland-security-hiring-after-trump-era\/183738\/\">GovExec noted last month<\/a>, are looking to slash the number of Department of Homeland Security officers tasked with law enforcement, \u201credistributing\u201d those resources elsewhere.<\/p>\n<p>Vice President Kamala Harris, tasked with handling the ongoing border crisis, released the administration\u2019s plan for handling the \u201croot causes\u201d of illegal immigration last week but focused on providing further monetary resources to Mexico and Central American countries, as well as facilitating support from non-profits \u2014 measures that likely will not improve the current situation at the border.<\/p>\n<p>CBP has yet to release the number of border encounters it had during the month of July, but land border encounters were <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbp.gov\/newsroom\/stats\/southwest-land-border-encounters\">on an upward trajectory as of the end of June<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a&nbsp;<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><em>member<\/em><\/a><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Shocking photos and drone footage posted to social media show \u201chundreds\u201d of migrants, waiting to be processed by Customs and Border Protection, being held under a bridge in the scorching &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-608425","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/608425","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=608425"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/608425\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=608425"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=608425"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=608425"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}