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Is a crisis, yep. the us has closed one of its border crossings with mexico after 12,000 migrants crossed into a texas city in the space of a week. officials from the city of del rio said they were finding it increasingly difficult to provide food for the rapidly growing number of undocumented arrivals, mostly from haiti, who now make up a third of the city's population. simonjones reports. a makeshift camp that has grown at staggering speed, leading to what has been described as a humanitarian crisis. the bridge providing the only shelter from the scorching sun to thousands of migrants, mostl...

>> people are starting to wash their clothes and dry it on the fence. >> reporter: where more than 12,000 migrants are waiting to get processed by federal immigration authorities according to the del rio mayor. this couple from venezuela says they spent two days under the bridge with their 4-year-old son, sleeping in the dirt. they say they're fleeing political persecution and break down crying describing the toughest part of being under the bridge. she's explaining that she would tell her son that the family was camping so that he didn't worry. >> border patrol is unfortunately strained to it...

Longer sustainable, acceptable. >> reporter: the local mayor a democrat pleading for the biden administration to boost resources saying that at the current rate, it will take two weeks to process these migrants. and signs they're having to settle in are visible from the air. a makeshift camp is going up and the mayor says at least one woman has given birth. most of the migrants will be expelled or placed in removal proceedings say federal authorities who also say more resources are coming and that it's already providing water, towels and portable toilets. buses like this one with dozens of peo...

Migrants into the united states in a very small area, just behind me. what you see are the migrants coming in. they take a dirt path by the hundreds is what we're seeing. only to make their way to a bridge that already has more than 9,500 people already waiting. and if you look closely at these images, you'll see that there are some resources there. you see port-a-potties for them. these are women, children, infant, men, and here's the other concern. so according to officials, there's a camp that is being started that is being set up. a makeshift camp. and we were able to see that from the air...

The Biden administration is urging migrants waiting in Mexico under restrictions imposed by former U.S. President Donald Trump to be patient, even as the population of a makeshift camp in northeastern Mexico begins to swell with hopeful asylum seekers. On Friday, a senior aide to U.S. President Joe Biden said the administration is working on a system to process the asylum seekers who are waiting in Mexico under a Trump-era program known as Migrant Protection Protocols (MPP).