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Rio grande in the united states, then taking dirt paths toward that international bridge. officials say that most of these individuals are haitians. we ve also talked to a person from africa. another person from venezuela. and officials say that it s going to take up to two weeks for these individuals to get processed. now, signs that people are starting to live under this bridge are very clear from the sky. you can see the tents are going up. people are drying their clothes on fences. now, this as the governor announced yesterday that he was planning to close seven points of entry. now, one of the things to point out is that these migrants are not coming in through the points of entry. i saw it from the sky. they re crossing across the rio grande river. the governor saying agents are overwhelmed and also going as far as saying that customs and border protection was asking texas to assist in closing these points of entry. dhs firing back yesterday saying ....
Border. and blaming the biden administration, saying that agents are overwhelmed and then saying that it was actually customs and border protection with dhs that had asked the state of texas for resources to assist in the closure of these points of entry. dhs firing back yesterday, saying that that was not true. now, there might be a squabble here, between the federal government and the state government. local officials here say, look, there doesn t have to be anything other than solutions if everyone can just come together so that this humanitarian crisis can come to an end. alisyn, victor? rosa flores for us there. rosa, thank you so much. there are new warnings about what is being dubbed a looming humanitarian crisis in afghanistan since the taliban s takeover. we ll have details on that. but first, all next week, on cnn, our special champions for change series. these are stories that spotlight everyday people who are inspiring others. so here s a quick preview. ....
Officials mostly haitians and the mayor here said that it is probably going to take about two weeks for these individuals to be processed by immigration authorities and you re seeing signs that these people are beginning to live there, a camp is going up. tents are going up and people are starting to dry their clothes on fences. now all of this as governor greg abbott announced yesterday that he was directing the texas department of public safety to shut six points of entry, blaming the booiden administratn and said at the points of entry, dhs firing back yesterday saying that is not the case and that in fact the state of texas were to close points of entry, that would be against federal law. i asked the mayor of this city about this announcement by governor greg abbott and he said that first of all these migrants are not coming in through points of entry. i saw it with my own eyes. they re crossing the rio grande. and he said this, kate, how about the federal government and ....
Clothes on fences. now, all this as governor greg abbott announced yesterday he directed the texas department of public safety to close six points of entry, blaming the biden administration, and saying that it was actually the federal government who asked the state of texas to assist in the closure of these points of entry. d.h.s. firing back yesterday saying that s not the case. that, in fact, if texas closed points of entry, that that would be against federal law. i asked the mayor of this city about this, and, john, the first thing he said, he said, closing the points of entry would do nothing because immigrants are not coming in through these points of entry. i can tell you because i saw it with my own eyes. they re crossing the river. there were three different pacts where we could clearly see people crossing the river. john, the other thing that he said is what about the novel idea of having the federal government, the state government come here and talk to local officials and fi ....