Posted on October 26, 2016

Surge of Migrants Illegally Crossing U.S.-Mexico Border Ahead of Election

Manuel Bojorquez, CBS News, October 25, 2016

Every day, dozens of men, women and children stream through the streets of McAllen, Texas to a migrant center at Sacred Heart Catholic Church.

They have just illegally crossed into the U.S. and have been released by border patrol, with ankle monitors, while they file for asylum.

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“We’re getting mass spikes of people crossing and turning themselves in,” said Agent Chris Cabrera, who is with the local border patrol union.

Cabrera said on some days, they’ve encountered up to a thousand immigrants along this stretch of the border. He said the election is partly to blame for the surge.

“The smugglers are telling them if Hillary gets elected, that there’ll be some sort of amnesty, that they need to get here by a certain date. They’re also being told that if Trump gets elected, there’s going to be some magical wall that pops up overnight and once that wall gets up, nobody will ever get in again,” Cabrera said.

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