pass, texas, new december records as house speaker mike johnson says the crisis at the border is an unmitigated disaster. welcome to fox news live, i m alicia acuna. hi, griff. griff: hour two, here we go. the house homeland security committee is set to hold its first impeachment hearing against dhs secretary alejandro mayorkas next week. casey stegall is live in eagle pass, texas, where mayorkas will be traveling, i believe, on monday. casey, what s the latest? reporter: yeah, griff, he will. we ll get to that in a second, but first, illegal crossings have slowed dramatically at least in this spot. it has been a relatively quiet morning here in eagle pass. with yesterday it was a little busier. we saw a group of about 200 migrants cross the rio grande river and turn themselves over to border patrol agents. you re looking at drone video of that now. as the state of texas continues to assist doing what it can through operation lone star to mitigate the problems. that has l
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a mess might be an understatement as we ve been reporting on the story for multiple years. crossings have slowed dramatically for the start of new year, and it has been fairly quiet this morning here in eagle pass where we are stationed. yesterday, let s show you some video, we witnessed two large groups, one in the morning and one more mid afternoon. about 200 in size and the other one was about 250 in size. some illegally crossed the river and turned themselves over to border patrol agents. this, as the state of texas continues to assist doing what it can out here on the front lines through operation lonestar and that has led to a busy week in terms of legal maneuvering. the department of justice filed a lawsuit against the state and governor greg abbott trying to stop a newly signed state law known as senate bill 4 from taking effect in march. that would give in part police the authority to arrest those suspected of being in the
through operation lone star to mitigate the problems. that has led to a busy week in terms of legal maneuvering. the department of justice filed a lawsuit against the state of texas and governor greg abbott trying to stop a newly-signed state law known as senate bill 4 from taking effect in march. it would, in part, give police the authority to arrest those suspected of being in the country illegally and also allow state judges to deport people. the doj suit calls that unconstitutional saying s.b. 4 would infringe upon and counteract federal efforts to enforce immigration laws. governor abbott has vowed to fight saying it s necessary to protect texans from what he calls biden s dangerous open border policies which many argue has led to a record number of migrant encounters that we ve been reporting on for years now at the southern border. just last month more than 302,000 encounters were logged for the first time in history over just a 4-week period.