An owner of a bar on the southern border in Texas says the migrants are hiding in his bathrooms and trucks while trying to evade the authorities – the latest sign of a boom on the southern border.
‘When I go to work in the morning, there are people in the bathroom; they’re hiding in the bathrooms, ‘Lupe Cabrera, who owns’ Cabrera’s Bar’, told National Review. ‘My brother and I also have a trucking business. They will hide in the trucks. ‘
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The outlet reports that the situation at the bar in Granjeno, next to the Rio Grande, has become almost daily. His bar is near the boundary wall – of which President Biden has stopped construction – and there is an unfinished section near Cabrera’s bar.
Cabrera told the point of sale he has seen an increase in migrants in recent weeks, although it has long been a destination for migrants coming through.
“Most people I see are harmless,” Cabrera told National Review, “but you never know what the hell is going on, who’s going on or what.”
The border has seen a dramatic increase in migrants in recent weeks – especially unaccompanied children and family units.
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CBP encountered 100,441 individuals in February, an increase of 28 percent over January, the agency said. Of these, 19,246 were individuals in family units; 9,457 were unaccompanied children (UACs) and 71,598 were single adults.
So far, the encounters in FY 2021 so far are 97 percent higher than FY 2020 and 24 percent higher than FY 2019 – when there was a crisis on the border. In FY 2021 to February, officials encountered 29,792 UACs and single-year minors – more than 3,000 of these children are younger than 12 and 26,850 are between 13 and 17 years old.
Republicans linked the boom to Biden’s policies – which include ending migration protection protocols and arresting immigration and customs enforcement (ICEs) – and described the situation as a crisis.
The government has backed down the allegation, calling it a ‘challenge’ but not a crisis because it is trying to reverse what it describes as cruel Trump-era policies.
“You know, I think the … I’m not trying to be cute here, but I think the fact is: we have to do what we do no matter what anyone calls the situation,” said Roberta Jacobson, coordinator. for the southern border, said in a press release on Wednesday.
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“And the fact is that we are all committed to improving the situation, to switching to a more humane and efficient system. And whatever you mention will not change what we do because we are urgent, of the ‘President, to put our system in order and make sure we can better handle the hopes and dreams of these migrants in their homeland,’ she said.