{"id":788686,"date":"2021-09-18T17:59:04","date_gmt":"2021-09-18T21:59:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=788686"},"modified":"2021-09-18T17:59:09","modified_gmt":"2021-09-18T21:59:09","slug":"u-s-lawmaker-on-del-rio-border-fiasco-worse-than-you-could-imagine-worst-is-yet-to-come","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/u-s-lawmaker-on-del-rio-border-fiasco-worse-than-you-could-imagine-worst-is-yet-to-come\/","title":{"rendered":"U.S. Lawmaker On Del Rio Border Fiasco: \u2018Worse Than You Could Imagine,\u2019 \u2018Worst Is Yet To Come\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">34<\/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%2Fu-s-lawmaker-on-del-rio-border-fiasco-worse-than-you-could-imagine-worst-is-yet-to-come%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=788686&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\/09\/DR1-scaled-1.jpg?w=1200&amp;h=800&amp;ixlib=react-9.3.0\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Rep. August Pfluger (R-TX) told Fox News on Saturday that Democrat President Joe Biden\u2019s border crisis, this time in the small Texas town of Del Rio, is worse than people know and that there is criminal activity taking place among the tens of thousands of illegal aliens who are amassed under a bridge there.<\/p>\n<p>Pfluger reportedly told the network that among the criminal activity that was taking place was prostitution and drug-related crimes.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSpeaking to Border Patrol agents, the worst is yet to come; they\u2019re worried about what is behind here; they\u2019re worried about coordination with Mexico,\u201d Pfluger <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/texas-rep-pfluger-del-rio-migrant-camp-number-spike-worst\">told<\/a> Fox News. \u201cIt\u2019s worse than you could imagine.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Pfluger also expressed concern about the security situation on the border, telling the network that a majority of the roughly 15,000 illegal aliens were military age males.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf they decided to riot or&nbsp;if unrest happened, it would be a terrible situation,\u201d he said. \u201cIt is ripe. It is 100 degrees outside right now and you literally have 14,878 people here \u2014 this is how serious the situation is.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"10.176229508197\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Today, I was Del Rio where there are 14,878 migrants gathered at the port of entry.<\/p>\n<p>This is an absolute tragedy of a crisis. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/POTUS?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@POTUS<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/VP?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@VP<\/a> come see for yourself. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/zMNvIj3iaq\">pic.twitter.com\/zMNvIj3iaq<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Rep. August Pfluger (@RepPfluger) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RepPfluger\/status\/1439328846239739904?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 18, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Rep. Tony Gonzalez (R-TX) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/u-s-lawmaker-representing-del-rio-bidens-border-crisis-causing-food-shortages-in-grocery-stores\">said<\/a> on Saturday that the situation on the border was so dire that \u201cthere are food shortages in grocery stores\u201d and \u201crestaurants have closed early to make food for the camp and workers who usually commute from Mexico are unable to get to work resulting in a shortage of help.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The situation in Del Rio is so dire that the Biden administration shut down the Del Rio Port of Entry and is allegedly going to be deporting the illegal aliens, most of whom are Haitian, back to Haiti.<\/p>\n<p>Fox News released new images from their drone camera on Saturday after they obtained a waiver from the Biden administration to continue operating in the area. The administration <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/biden-admin-moves-to-shut-down-drones-on-southern-border-as-they-reveal-his-crisis-to-the-world\">shut down<\/a> drones from operating in the area this week as Fox News ran extensive coverage showing the crisis.<\/p>\n<p>Fox News national correspondent Bill Melguin, who has reported live from the crisis for several days now, released new images and photos showing hundreds of migrants pouring into the U.S. by simply walking across the Rio Grande.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am absolutely stunned by what I\u2019m witnessing right now,\u201d Melugin said. \u201cWe are on a boat in the Rio Grande near the Del Rio international bridge and we are watching as masses of hundreds of migrants walk across the river from Mexico and stream into the US illegally.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"9.3563218390805\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">BREAKING: I am absolutely stunned by what I\u2019m witnessing right now. We are on a boat in the Rio Grande near the Del Rio international bridge and we are watching as masses of hundreds of migrants walk across the river from Mexico and stream into the US illegally.  <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FoxNews?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@FoxNews<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/xXE4pDkpIe\">pic.twitter.com\/xXE4pDkpIe<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Bill Melugin (@BillFOXLA) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BillFOXLA\/status\/1439245698768285711?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 18, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"10.827195467422\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Part of our live shot on the Rio Grande in <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/DelRio?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#DelRio<\/a> while we watched live as a constant stream of migrants crossed illegally into the United States from Ciudad Acuna, Mexico. The migrants then walk to the international bridge where over 14,000 migrants are. More coming. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FoxNews?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@FoxNews<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/EaUlQXgb3F\">pic.twitter.com\/EaUlQXgb3F<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Bill Melugin (@BillFOXLA) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BillFOXLA\/status\/1439282813023490053?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 18, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><i><span>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 <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><i><span>member<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rep. August Pfluger (R-TX) told Fox News on Saturday that Democrat President Joe Biden\u2019s border crisis, this time in the small Texas town of Del Rio, is worse than people &#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-788686","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\/788686","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=788686"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/788686\/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=788686"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=788686"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=788686"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}