by Belle Carter, Natural News:
Nearly 14,000 thousand migrants, or almost half the total of its population, have swamped the city of Eagle Pass, the county seat of Maverick County in Texas, over the past two weeks. This forced the overwhelmed city government to declare a state of emergency.
According to Mayor Rolando Salinas, an unprecedented surge of 4,000 illegals crossed the U.S. border with Mexico on Wednesday, September 20 and a separate 2,500-person mob came into the city illegally on Monday, September 18. This is on top of approximately 7,200 illegal crossers that were apprehended in the previous week. Moreover, Rep. Tony Gonzalez, who represents the city in Congress, said that another 3,000 are on track to enter Thursday, adding that the Border Patrol estimates that by Friday, 10,000 migrants will have illegally entered Eagle Pass within the current week.