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Huge rise in border Deaths from drowning, dehydration overwhelm Texas border town’s Morgues
In South and Central America, residents are hearing about migrants stepping off buses into new lives in cities like New York and Washington, DC — but they likely don’t know just how many people are dying to get there.
The Post reported on Tuesday that a 5-year-old girl and 3-year-old boy died while trying to cross the Rio Grande near Eagle Pass, Texas, while an infant was left fighting for life.
And now, sources say that local morgues in that town are running out of space — unable to keep up with the number of migrants who drown while crossing the Rio Grande.
“Every day we get maybe three or four [drownings],” said Tom Schmerber, sheriff of Maverick County, Texas, which includes the 30,000-person ranch town of Eagle Pass.
The sheriff of Maverick County, Texas, reports that a local morgue ran out of space for bodies last week amid the border crisis — as migrants die from dehydration and while crossing the Rio Grande.
Texas border town morgue out of space due to migrant deaths
In South and Central America, residents are hearing about migrants stepping off buses into new lives in cities like New York and Washington, DC — but they likely don’t know just how many people are dying to get there.
The Post reported on Tuesday that a 5-year-old girl and 3-year-old boy died while trying to cross the Rio Grande near Eagle Pass, Texas, while an infant was left fighting for life.
And now, sources say that local morgues in that town are running out of space — unable to keep up with the number of migrants who drown while crossing the Rio Grande.
“Every day we get maybe three or four [drownings],” said Tom Schmerber, sheriff of Maverick County, Texas, which includes the 30,000-person ranch town of Eagle Pass.

The sheriff of Maverick County, Texas, reports that a local morgue ran out of space for bodies last week amid the border crisis — as migrants die from dehydration and while crossing the Rio Grande.

Texas border town morgue out of space due to migrant deaths