Coverage dated December 11, 2022 to December 12, 2022
El Paso faced a 'major surge in illegal crossings' over the weekend, senior border official says
Headline from ABC 17 Mid-Missouri
By Priscilla Alvarez, CNN More than 2,400 migrants crossed into the United States near El Paso, Texas, daily over the weekend, according to a senior Border Patrol official, marking what he described as a “major surge in illegal crossings” in the region.
ABC 17 Mid-Missouri's own description from its feed. We collect headlines and these descriptions, not full articles; read the original reporting below.
EL PASO, Texas - Images from ABC-7's news partner Channel 44 show hundreds of migrants traveling into El Paso from Ciudad Juárez. A source within Customs and Border Protection has confirmed to ABC-7 that approximately 1,800 migrants have crossed into the El Paso sector within the last 36 hours.
The Texas border town of El Paso saw a weekend surge in migrant crossings as more than 1,000 illegal migrants waded across the Rio Grande Sunday night.
Video obtained by Fox News shows the moment a migrant caravan of more than 1,000 people crossed into El Paso, Texas, where the Border Patrol currently has over 5,000 people in custody.
Over 1,500 people crossed the U.S.–Mexico border illegally into El Paso, Texas in the early hours of Dec. 12, according to video from the scene and local media, in what reports say could be one of the biggest single crossings ever in the region.
By Priscilla Alvarez, CNN More than 2,400 migrants crossed into the United States near El Paso, Texas, daily over the weekend, according to a senior Border Patrol official, marking what he described as a “major surge in illegal crossings” in the region.
