CBP to suspend border railway crossings in El Paso, Eagle Pass due to migrant surge

U.S. Customs and Border Protection is temporarily suspending freight train railway crossings at border bridges in El Paso and Eagle Pass in order to shift staffing due to a surging numbers of migrants, CBP said on Sunday.

The border agency will temporarily suspend operations at the international railway crossings starting at 8 a.m. (local time) on Monday, Dec. 18, at bridges in El Paso and in Eagle Pass in South Texas.

CBP said that staff is being redirected to assist the U.S. Border Patrol with taking migrants into custody and processing while prioritizing border security in what CBP described as an "evolving situation."

The city of El Paso's online migrant crisis information dashboard on Sunday reported more than 1,500 daily migrant encounters by CBP in the El Paso area along with 2,695 migrants in custody and 363 daily migrant releases. By comparison, daily migrant encounters were down to about 450 at the end of May, following the wave before the end of the Title 42 pandemic restrictions.

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