Del Rio is currently overwhelmed by a massive influx of over 12,500 migrants camping under the international bridge. This sudden surge is pushing the city's local infrastructure and emergency resources to their absolute breaking point.
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Declining — being discussed less frequently. 0 mentions in the last 30 days.
Local taxpayers are footing the bill for the emergency services and infrastructure strain caused by this sudden, large-scale crisis.
No specific group is benefiting from the current state of this humanitarian emergency.
Local residents are seeing their city services stretched thin, while the migrants themselves are living in dire, unsafe conditions.
Photos: Haitians continue to cross the Rio Grande into Del Rio, Texas El Paso Times
AP PHOTOS: Haitian migrants flock to small Texas border city AP News
In pictures: The makeshift migrant camp under a Texas bridge CNN
A ‘dire situation’ for over 12,500 migrants under the bridge in Del Rio, Texas BorderReport
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