Eagle Pass Mayor Declares State of Emergency Amid Migrant Surge

On September 20, 2023, Eagle Pass, Texas, declared a state of emergency as an unprecedented surge of 10,000 migrants crossed the US-Mexico border in a 24-hour period, nearly half of the city's population. Mayor Rolando Salinas revealed that an additional 2,500 people had crossed the border illegally just two days earlier, adding to the strain caused by approximately 7,200 apprehended illegal crossers in the previous week. This surge is the largest since a crisis involving 15,000 Haitian immigrants occurred in neighboring Del Rio, Texas, almost two years prior