Border Patrol Dealing With Huge Groups, Heat-Related Deaths, Drownings in Del Rio Sector

A Border Patrol agent organizes a large group of illegal immigrants near Eagle Pass, Texas, on May 20, 2022. Charlotte Cuthbertson/The Epoch Times

EAGLE PASS, Texas—Department of Homeland Security officials insisting that “the border is closed” seems to be having little effect at the southern border.

Thousands of illegal immigrants are pouring across the southern border every day and the Del Rio Border Patrol Sector in south Texas is a magnet for large groups, which Customs and Border Protection defines as more than 100 individuals.