A Honduran man at the U.S.-Mexico border in Eagle Pass, Texas, had a notable choice of clothing during his trip to the United States: a T-shirt from President Biden's 2020 campaign.
In a conversation with Fox News, the man appeared not to know what “Biden Harris 2020” meant, and asked who those people were, when asked where he got the item.
When the man, who was among a group that appeared to include women and children, was informed that they were the president and vice president, he gave an explanation.
“Ahhhh. So I have it on so they'll let me in,” the man responded, before laughing. Others around him joined in the laughter. The two groups were separated by barbed wire, with what appeared to be the Rio Grande behind the migrants.
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Asylum seekers cross the Rio Grande from Mexico into the United States on September 30, 2023 in Eagle Pass, Texas. (John Moore/Getty Images)
The United States may be on the verge of a possible spring surge of illegal crossings at the southern border after U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) sources told Fox News early Monday that migrant encounters had surpassed 21,000 over the course of three days.
The more than 7,000 encounters with migrants Similar figures followed on Sunday on Friday and Saturday, sources said.
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A National Guard soldier on the banks of the Rio Grande River at Shelby Park on Jan. 12, 2024, in Eagle Pass, Texas. (Brandon Bell/Getty Images)
Leading the gatherings from Friday to Sunday was the Tucson sector in Arizona with more than 5,400, while the San Diego sector in California was the second busiest with more than 3,600, according to sources.
Rising numbers in Arizona and California appear to show that illegal crossing traffic is moving away from Texas, where the Rio Grande Valley area near Brownsville and the Del Rio area near Eagle Pass saw the most fewer meetings, with an average of 300 to 350 per day since Friday. .
FOX asked the Honduran where he got his Biden-Harris 2020 t-shirt. (Griff Jenkins/Edd Solis)
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Last month, the Texas National Guard took control of Shelby Park in the town of Eagle Pass and blocked Border Patrol from entering the area, part of Gov. Greg Abbott's effort to stem the rise of illegal immigration into Texas.
Fox News' Bill Melugin, Stephen Sorace, Bradford Betz and Adam Shaw contributed to this report.
