CBP shuts down Del Rio port of entry, border checkpoints in response to Haitian migrant surge

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

58% : This temporary closure and shift is necessary in order for CBP to respond to urgent safety and security needs presented by an influx of migrants into Del Rio and is effective immediately," the statement said.
50% : Fox News has learned that border checkpoints in the area have also been closed.
46% : A source had told Fox on Thursday that Border Patrol was overwhelmed and that the situation is "out of control," and on Friday federal sources told Fox that U.S. Border Patrol Chief Raul Ortiz flew into Del Rio and went to the bridge to try to get a handle on the situation.
44% : "Those checkpoints are there to interdict the people trying to evade apprehension," he said, noting that Del Rio leads the nation in "gotaways" - illegal immigrants who have evaded capture by law enforcement at the border itself.

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