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Migrants flock to US ahead of election, in case Trump wins
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Migrants flock to US ahead of election, in case Trump wins

Authorities in a Texas border area are seeing a huge increase in mass migrant crossings ahead of the election – as sources say groups are in a rush to enter the United States ahead of former President Trump’s victory.

Migrants are “no doubt” rushing because “they see that their free lunch is most likely coming to an end,” a Border Patrol source told the Post.

More than 300 migrants turn themselves in to border agents each day in Maverick County, home to Eagle Pass, according to multiple Border Patrol sources.

That’s about double what they were seeing just a few weeks ago.

Hundreds of migrants crossed the border into Maverick County at the same time. Chris Olivarez/X

Among the large groups crossing into South Texas, there are more migrants from countries considered “of special interest” because of their status as hotbeds of suspected terrorists – including Iran, Angola, Guinea and Pakistan.

For months, summer heat and a crackdown on illegal crossings in Texas kept groups from entering.

But today, migrants are becoming desperate as the elections approach.

Trump has pledged to tighten border restrictions and mass expulsions of illegal migrants.

Hundreds of migrants are rushing to the border in the wake of the November elections. Chris Olivarez/X

The 45th president said he would use local law enforcement and the military to help federal immigration authorities deport “nearly 20 million” illegal migrants in an operation inspired by by the dragnets of “Operation Wetback” under former President Dwight Eisenhower, who deported more than a million migrants in 1954.

“Everyone wants to get in in case Trump is elected,” a Border Patrol source said.

But not everyone is betting on Trump closing the borders. Some migrants believe that if “border czar” Vice President Kamala Harris is elected, a new wave of migrants will rush to the U.S. border, a source said.

“They are afraid of missing their opportunity,” the source said, adding “they don’t want to queue up behind the millions who will follow if Kamala wins.”

The cartels smuggling these groups are also trying to rake in whatever profits they can “because they know Trump is about to be elected,” another source said.

Migrants from “special interest” countries are crossing the border in growing numbers in South Texas. Chris Olivarez/X

The number of special interest aliens crossing the southern border has increased under the Biden-Harris administration with 1.7 million encounters of these migrants, according to a report.

The new border surge comes as the Biden-Harris administration took a victory lap after implementing new asylum restrictions, with the number of crossings falling from around 250,000 in December to 55 000 in September, according to federal data.