[Daily Mail, where America gets its news] It comes just two months after Eagle Pass had to declare emergency when 4,000 migrants have crossed the border.
Mayor Rolando Salinas of Eagle Pass signed an Emergency Declaration after the new surge of migrants started arriving at the weekend.
Salinas also stated the city of Eagle Pass would not be opening a shelter: 'We don't have the funds or resources to do that.'
Videos posted to social media showed hordes of migrants in Eagle Pass, as lax policies by the Biden Administration continue to allow floods of aliens into the US and inundate southern cities.
The rush of migrants into the town also led the city to shut down Eagle Pass Bridge 1 at 6pm local time. Vehicles were forced to use the second bridge to cross into or return from Mexico.
The closure was because of the significant migrant influx, city leaders said.
Eagle Pass is one of the border towns that has been crushed in recent months by the influx of migrants.
Valeria Wheeler operates a shelter in the area and told WOAI in San Antonio, Texas, they plan to open a new shelter on Thursday. That will take their space from 8,000 square feet to 25,000 square feet.
'The big difference here is that we are offering space for up to 200 people to stay overnight. Mothers and children will be more comfortable,' Wheeler told the outlet.
A migrant from Venezuela at the shelter made the trip with her 18-month-old son. She said she crossed the Darien Gap in Panama before riding on trains to the border.
The woman added if she knew today what she did when she left, she would not have embarked on the dangerous trip.
Most migrant encounters are single adults, at 64.9 percent, but almost 600,000 are individuals in a family unit and there have been 109,298 unaccompanied minors crossing the border.
Texas has been using razor wire to block migrants illegally entering as it battles a challenge from the Biden administration seeking to stop it from building a buoy barrier in the Rio Grande.
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