US Suspends Railway Operations at 2 Texas Checkpoints Amid Migrant Influx

Footage on social media showed long lines in Mexico across from the Eagle Pass crossing.

Immigrants wait to be received across a railroad bridge at the border between El Paso, Texas, and Ciudad Juarez, state of Chihuahua, Mexico, on Aug. 7, 2023. Herika Martinez/AFP via Getty Images

The U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) temporarily suspended operations at international railway crossing bridges in two Texas cities amid increased levels of illegal immigrant encounters at the border.

The bridges in Eagle Pass and El Paso were closed on Dec. 18, while CBP redirected personnel to assist with taking illegal immigrants into custody, the agency said in a statement.