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'The door is open!' One Cry among 10,000 in a Mexican border town where migrants are ready to risk the Rio Grande… despite warnings that children may drown: TODD BENSMAN's graphic eye witness report
Armed only with hand-held radios, four uniformed Mexican immigration officers didn't hear the pounding footsteps until it was too late. They were going to be overrun.
A charging, screaming crowd of migrants, some carrying young children in their arms, stampeded down the bank of the Rio Grande River just outside of Matamoros, Mexico.
'Please, the babies! The children! You're going to hurt the children!' an officer shouted in Spanish. 'The children could drown! Stop! Please stop what you're doing!'
Regardless, women with little ones and men with older children on their shoulders rushed into the river that marks the U.S. Mexico border.
They're headed north for Brownsville, Texas.
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Armed only with hand-held radios, four uniformed Mexican immigration officers didn't hear the pounding footsteps until it was too late. They were going to be overrun.
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A charging, screaming crowd of migrants, some carrying young children in their arms, stampeded down the bank of the Rio Grande River just outside of Matamoros, Mexico.
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As many as 10,000 US-bound immigrants have arrived, swelling the city's population of 520,000, and more are showing up at the city bus station by the minute.
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'The door is open!' TODD BENSMAN's eye witness report of a Mexican border town and 10,000 migrants | Daily Mail Online
This is an invasion.'The door is open!' One Cry among 10,000 in a Mexican border town where migrants are ready to risk the Rio Grande… despite warnings that children may drown: TODD BENSMAN's graphic eye witness report
Armed only with hand-held radios, four uniformed Mexican immigration officers didn't hear the pounding footsteps until it was too late. They were going to be overrun.
A charging, screaming crowd of migrants, some carrying young children in their arms, stampeded down the bank of the Rio Grande River just outside of Matamoros, Mexico.
'Please, the babies! The children! You're going to hurt the children!' an officer shouted in Spanish. 'The children could drown! Stop! Please stop what you're doing!'
Regardless, women with little ones and men with older children on their shoulders rushed into the river that marks the U.S. Mexico border.
They're headed north for Brownsville, Texas.
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Armed only with hand-held radios, four uniformed Mexican immigration officers didn't hear the pounding footsteps until it was too late. They were going to be overrun.
![]()
A charging, screaming crowd of migrants, some carrying young children in their arms, stampeded down the bank of the Rio Grande River just outside of Matamoros, Mexico.
![]()
As many as 10,000 US-bound immigrants have arrived, swelling the city's population of 520,000, and more are showing up at the city bus station by the minute.
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'The door is open!' TODD BENSMAN's eye witness report of a Mexican border town and 10,000 migrants | Daily Mail Online