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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(107,839 posts)
Fri Sep 17, 2021, 02:14 PM Sep 2021

Texas: thousands of migrants gather under border bridge in makeshift camp

Source: The Guardian

Thousands of migrants and refugees have gathered under the bridge that connects Del Rio in Texas and Mexico’s Ciudad Acuña, creating a makeshift camp with few basic services in intense heat in the latest border emergency facing Joe Biden.

The mayor of Del Rio, Bruno Lozano, said that as of early Thursday evening 10,503 people were camping under the Del Rio International Bridge, up from 8,200 in the morning.

Food and water have been scarce, about 20 people told Reuters, and temperatures have risen to about 99F (37C). Reuters witnessed hundreds of people wading through the Rio Grande river and back into Mexico to stock up on essentials they say they are not receiving on the US side.

They are mostly Haitians, with Cubans, Venezuelans and Nicaraguans also present.

Read more: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/texas-thousands-of-migrants-gather-under-border-bridge-in-makeshift-camp/ar-AAOyBTa



Must be what's scaring up Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick's replacement conspiracy.



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Texas: thousands of migrants gather under border bridge in makeshift camp (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Sep 2021 OP
so how do 10k people just arrive in a dusty hell hole far from anything? getagrip_already Sep 2021 #1
Whatsapp and other social media seem to be playing a role. Igel Sep 2021 #2
sounds like a false flag effort..... getagrip_already Sep 2021 #3

getagrip_already

(14,676 posts)
1. so how do 10k people just arrive in a dusty hell hole far from anything?
Fri Sep 17, 2021, 03:41 PM
Sep 2021

It sounds like tx has been dumping them there.

Igel

(35,293 posts)
2. Whatsapp and other social media seem to be playing a role.
Fri Sep 17, 2021, 06:39 PM
Sep 2021

It's moderately "organized" in the sense that directions are available and encouragement offered. In Haitian Creole.

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