Why the Huge Illegal Alien Camp Formed in Del Rio

An explanation from the migrants 

Share Tweet Share Why the Huge Illegal Alien Camp Formed in Del Rio A surprising explanation from the migrants CIUDAD ACUNA, Mexico (September 20, 2021) – The Center for Immigration Studies has been on the ground in Texas and Mexico this week filming and interviewing illegal migrants and law enforcement as thousands flooded into Del Rio, Texas, forming a massive illegal immigrant shantytown that expanded to 15,000 in less than a week. As the Texas Department of Public Safety work to stop the flow by forming a Maginot Line of cruisers on the Texas side of the river and the federal homeland security agencies attempt to reduce the size of the shantytown, the Center explores the reason for the flood of illegal immigrants which overwhelmed U.S. capacity to process individuals in an orderly, safe manner. Todd Bensman, the Center's senior national security fellow and man on the ground, said, "We need to know why this flood of migrants appeared in a normally slow areas of illegal immigrant crossing if we are to ensure this never happens again. An encampment of this size is a public safety and national security threat." In speaking to migrants passing through Ciudad Acuna on their way to Del Rio, Bensman spoke with dozens of migrants and asked the question: why are you heading to the U.S. now and why Del Rio? The answer, which the migrants provided independently in different places and at different times, was universal: on Sunday, September 12, the Mexican government effectively sent a mass of migrants it had bottled up for months in its southern states up to the American border. This move essentially foisted a humanitarian problem onto the Americans in a single week. Bensman said, "CIS could find no public reporting of any official Mexico announcement or confirmation of these migrant accounts. But if their accounts are true, Mexico's decision presents a clear diplomatic affront to the Biden administration, transferring a significant threat management and humanitarian challenge to America, not to mention a potential political problem for the Biden administration. The move hints at how Mexico's leadership regards the Biden administration's quid pro quo arrangements of aid for help with illegal immigration from Guatemala. Mexico can open the flood gates at any time." Why Del Rio? The Mexican cartels in this city do not involve themselves in human smuggling as they do in other parts of northern Mexico. Migrants who get to Acuna are free to cross themselves over the river without paying a tax or smuggling fee to ruthless Mexican cartels, with no fear of violent retribution for doing so on their own. These accounts square with prior CIS reporting from the area in the spring of 2021. Visit Website Donate Related Articles: A New Beachhead Opens in the Biden Border Crisis

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Daily Digest Bulletin

DHS Continues Temporary Protected Status Designations for El Salvador, Haiti, Honduras, Nepal, Nicaragua and Sudan 09/09/2021 WASHINGTON—The Department of Homeland Security has announced the automatic extension of TPS designations for El Salvador, Haiti, Honduras, Nepal, Nicaragua, and Sudan. TPS beneficiaries from these six countries will retain their status, provided they continue to meet all the individual requirements for TPS eligibility. The automatic extension of TPS-related documentation includes Employment Authorization Documents (EADs) through Dec. 31, 2022. Eligible individuals whose TPS under the Haiti designation is presently continued by court orders and this notice are strongly encouraged to apply for Haiti TPS under the recently announced new designation. This will ensure their TPS will continue if the courts end their injunctions. In addition, eligible individuals who do not apply for the new Haiti TPS designation during the initial registration period may be prohibited from filing a late initial registration during any subsequent extension of the designation if they do not meet certain conditions. This extension ensures continued compliance with various court orders issued by federal district courts in the Ramos, Bhattarai, and Saget lawsuits. Current beneficiaries under the TPS designations for El Salvador, Haiti, Honduras, Nepal, Nicaragua, and Sudan do not need to pay a fee or file any application to maintain their TPS and have their TPS-related documentation automatically extended through Dec. 31, 2022. Beneficiaries with interest in a new EAD with the expiration date of Dec. 31, 2022, displayed on the EAD must file Form I-765, Application for Employment Authorization. A Federal Register notice explaining how TPS beneficiaries, their employers, and benefit-granting agencies may determine which EADs are automatically extended for those beneficiaries, will be published soon. For more information on USCIS and its programs, please visit uscis.gov or follow us on Twitter, Instagram, YouTube, Facebook, and LinkedIn.