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AZMEX I3 6 MAR 2019


More than 700 Central American migrants taken into custody in El Paso
by KFOX14 Staff | Associated Press
Wednesday, March 6th 2019

https://kfoxtv.com/news/local/more-than-700-central-american-migrants-taken-into-custody-in-el-paso

Rio Grande River near the Chihuahuita neighborhood in southcentral El Paso.

EL PASO, Texas (KFOX14) —

Since midnight Wednesday, hundreds of migrants from Central America turned themselves in at the U.S.-Mexico border in El Paso, according to Border Patrol.

Fresh footprints can be seen along a dirt embankment alongside the Rio Grande River near the Chihuahuita neighborhood in southcentral El Paso.

The migrants are being taken to the Border Patrol stations to be processed, according to Border Patrol agents Joe Romero.

Earlier today, Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen insisted the crisis at the southern border is not manufactured, as she faced questions from Democrats for the first time since they took control of the House.
"We face a crisis — a real, serious and sustained crisis at our borders," she said at a House Homeland Security Committee hearing. "Make no mistake: This chain of human misery is getting worse."

She was asked about conversations with President Trump as he declared a national emergency at the border to try to gain funding for his proposed wall between the U.S. and Mexico.

"There is an emergency," Nielsen said. "I have seen the vulnerable populations. This is a true humanitarian crisis that the system is enabling. We have to change the laws."

Investigative reporter Genevieve Curtis is riding along with agents.
Follow her on Twitter at @CurtisKFOX_CBS as she documents the apprehensions.

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