The video, captured by a Fox News drone, shows more than 500 migrants entering the southern border town of Eagle Pass over a two-hour period in the early hours of Friday morning. Divided into three different groups, the migrants were caught on camera walking in single file across the border. It was not immediately clear when or if the migrants were apprehended by the US Border Patrol. More than 413,000 immigrants have already been apprehended in the Rio Grande sector, which covers the city of Eagle Pass, this fiscal year alone, the latest figures from Customs and Border Patrol show. More than 376,000 immigrants have been apprehended in the neighboring Del Rio sector and 228,000 in El Paso this fiscal year. A Fox News drone caught 500 migrants sneaking over the Texas border. Bill Melugin/FOX News/Twitter Nearly 8,000 migrants now cross the southern border each day, according to figures obtained by NBC News. So far this fiscal year, Border Patrol agents have reported more than 1.94 million encounters at the border, which is up from 1.73 million encounters in all of 2021 and just over 458,000 in 2020. In El Paso alone, agents there say they’ve dealt with an average of 1,300 immigrants each day since Sept. 1. At least 1,135 immigrants have been bussed from El Paso to other cities across the U.S. since late last month — returning the city about $600,000, according to officials and KFOX-TV. Nearly 8,000 migrants now cross the southern border every day.JIM LO SCALZO/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock In addition to this El Paso spends $54,000 a day on food and shelter for immigrants as thousands flood across the border. The shocking statistics come as city leaders said they have been overwhelmed by an unexpected influx of people seeking refuge, which can range from fewer than 400 a day to more than 1,000. KFOX-TV cited figures showing the city spent $383,000 in one week from September first through eighth, more than the city spent over nine full months in 2021 to house and feed immigrants. In El Paso, agents there say they’ve dealt with an average of 1,300 immigrants each day since early September.Bill Melugin/FOX News/Twitter Currently, immigrants — who cross into the U.S. illegally and then seek asylum — are released from custody after being processed by the Border Patrol and ICE. They are then either placed in shelters, ditched on local roads or dropped off at bus stations in border cities like El Paso or Del Rio, where they can start going to other cities, immigration watchers told The Post. To ensure that migrants don’t just stay in border communities, local governments and organizations have stepped in to help them get by bus or fly to sanctuary cities — like New York, Washington DC and, as of this week, Martha’s Vineyard in Massachusetts. But some immigrants have claimed they are being deliberately misled and lured to these Democratic-run cities with the promise of housing and work. Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s office declined to say whether the immigrants sent to liberal cities were misled or lied to. Bill Melugin/FOX News/Twitter An immigrant from Venezuela, who identified himself only as Luis, said he and his family were approached outside a San Antonio shelter by a woman named Perla, who offered them a flight to Massachusetts, shelter, support for 90 days, help with work permits and English. lessons. He said they were shocked when their flight landed on Martha’s Vineyard this week. “We’re scared,” Luis said, adding that he and others felt lied to. “I hope they help us.” Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s office declined to respond to The Post’s questions Friday about whether the immigrants were misled or lied. His office also did not confirm or deny whether the state had any involvement in the alleged fraud. Meanwhile, immigration arrest numbers have nearly doubled under the Biden administration and have already far surpassed last year’s record, CBP data show. Of those encounters, nearly a quarter of immigrants were from Cuba, Nicaragua and Venezuela, a figure that rises from 8% in 2021 and 3% in 2020. Most of the immigrants from Cuba, Nicaragua and Venezuela who cross the border illegally are allowed to stay in the US to apply for asylum because they are harder to deport due to frosty diplomatic relations with their respective governments. With Post cables
