Nearly 2,000 migrants arrive at Texas-Mexico border, prompting 500 state troopers to respond
A Central American caravan of almost 2,000 people has arrived just outside the Texas-Mexico border with the hopes of crossing into the United States, according to officials.
Authorities say the migrants, consisting of men, women and children, arrived Monday, Feb. 4, 2019 in the Mexico city of Piedras Negras, Coahuila, across the Rio Grande from Eagle Pass in Maverick County, Texas.
There to meet the sudden influx of migrants is a surge in law enforcement that includes multiple sheriff's offices, the U.S. Border Patrol and the Texas Department of Public Safety.
"If anyone tries to cross the border illegally, they'll be arrested," said Maverick County Sheriff Tom Schmerber.
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