Over the holiday weekend, there were more than 35,000 migrant
encounters at the southern border.
Since the start of December,
encounters have now exceeded 250,000 and Fox's Bowen Kadrovich is
in a border town now with Eagle Pass,
TX, with more on the update here Bowen.
John Allen Well, it is a completely different picture here
from what we've seen this time last week where these
fences behind me were flooded with migrants waiting to be
processed and now you can see that there is not
a single one waiting here between these fences.
However, over the past few hours I did see dozens
of migrants come over that fence behind me and escorted
away by agents.
Now on top of the numbers that you mentioned,
CBP sources tell Fox News that the border sector in
this part of Texas encountered more than 2000 migrants in
the last 24 hours.
Some migrants coming into Eagle Pass have been sent to
processing facilities.
I spoke with one woman named Monica near a shelter
who traveled to the United States from from Ecuador with
her daughter.
She says the journey to get here involving crossing through
rivers and a jungle.
At one point she did not eat for three days,
Monica explained. She is first traveling to San Antonio,
but her goal is to reach New Jersey.
She told me she came to the United States for
a better life for her and her daughter.
An economical, wealthy economy and the second reason was to
escape from the abuse caused by a family member.
That was the main reason.
That was the reason why I had to travel with
my daughter and had to have her experience all the
hardships that come with making the month long journey.
Secretary of State Blinken and Homeland Security Secretary Mayorkas plan
to travel to Mexico City tomorrow to meet with the
President of Mexico.
They plan to discuss how the United States and Mexico
can further address the issues regarding the border in Eagle
Pass,
TX Bone Kedrovich, FOX 10 News.