Mass migrant influx in Eagle Pass prompts potential state of emergency declaration

Mass migrant influx in Eagle Pass prompts potential state of emergency declaration
(SBG San Antonio)

FOX29
by Yami Virgin
Mon, September 18th 2023, 6:34 PM GMT-7

EAGLE PASS, Texas – In the last two days big numbers of migrants have come across Eagle Pass, some of them through Shelby Park.

But why now? According to sources in Panama where the majority are crossing, into North America, rumor has it that Colombia and Panama are closing their border which has prompted this mass exodus.

On Monday afternoon migrants kept arriving and were told by State Representative Eddie Morales that the majority of them had arrived just across the border in Piedras Negras aboard trains.

“I was asked this morning by the city manager as legal counsel to start drafting a state of emergency declaration at the request of the mayor,” said Morales.

On Monday morning between 2,200 and 2,500 were turned over to border patrol.

Now the small city of Eagle Pass is concerned about what they will do if the numbers keep going up.

For some reason, they’ve taken over the Union Pacific railroad depot on the Mexican side which is Ferromex and now they are jumping on the trains,” said Morales.

Many of the asylum seekers that are arriving come from Venezuela, Ecuador, and Haiti according to border patrol sources.

But what is most alarming are reports from Panamanian media outlets showing migrants heading to the U.S. crossing the dangerous Darien Gap jungle between Colombia and Panama by the thousands.

Immigration sources with Panama tell me that on September 15th 5,444 migrants entered Panama through the jungle and that has been a daily occurrence during the last few weeks.

Maverick County Sheriff Tom Schmerber says the problem will not just disappear.

“The problem we have here is immigrant entry, illegal entry, but they are all going up North,” said Sheriff Tom Schmerber.