Migrants Escape Mexican Police Only to Surrender in Texas

U.S. Customs and Border Protection and the U.S. military conducted a series of joint operations in South Texas this week, resulting in the apprehension of hundreds of migrants. The operations began early Wednesday and involved state law enforcement and Texas Army National Guard soldiers. As authorities gathered two miles south of Eagle Pass and Piedras Negras, migrants staging along the Rio Grande quickly entered the water and surrendered on the U.S. side. The joint operations were a success in terms of apprehending migrants, but they also highlighted the challenges that authorities face in managing the flow of migrants across the border. In particular, the fact that the migrants were willing to surrender to authorities rather than