EAGLE PASS, Texas — More than 500 migrants in four large groups crossed into Eagle Pass over the weekend. Most concerning, according to a source with Customs and Border Protection (CBP), is the number of Special Interest Aliens embedded within the groups. Since Friday, five migrants from Iran, 19 from Egypt, four from Afghanistan, and five migrants from Turkey were arrested after illegally crossing the Rio Grande into the small Texas border town of Eagle Pass.
As reported by Breitbart Texas, the number of Special Interest Aliens apprehended in Eagle Pass increased in recent weeks. The source within CBP told Breitbart Texas the increase is a new phenomenon for the area.
“On the whole, the Special Interest Aliens have crossed predominately in Arizona and California,” the source explained. “We have seen huge numbers in the past, but they consist of mostly Venezuelan,…