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    In Texas, Officials Are Reporting A Surge Of Migrants At The Southern Border This Week

    Texas officials call it a "historic surge." Thousands of new arrivals, largely from Haiti, are straining an already overstretched system, and more are on the way.
    by Jaclyn Diaz Sep 17, 2021 3 minutes
    A Texas Department of Public Safety boat passes a Mexican fisherman on the Rio Grande on March 24 near Mission, Texas. Texas DPS troopers are taking part in Operation Lone Star.

    A surge in migration at the U.S.-Mexico border is again causing issues for federal authorities and local officials in Texas.

    Border Patrol officials told The Washington Post and The New York Times that thousands of migrants, largely from Haiti, made it across the Rio Grande this week. Agents were working quickly to process them all, but officials told the news outlets there were significant delays.

    More than 9,000 migrants were being held in a

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