More than 1,000 migrants rush police at US-Mexico border

KARAH RUCKER: MORE THAN A THOUSAND MIGRANTS PUSHED BACK BORDER AUTHORITIES SUNDAY AT THE SANTA FE INTERNATIONAL BRIDGE IN EL PASO TEXAS – CROSSING THE DIVIDING LINE BETWEEN MEXICO AND THE U.S.

MIGRANTS WERE SEEN PUSHING BACK POLICE – PUSHING THROUGH ORANGE BARRICADES – AND JUMPING THROUGH RAZOR BARBED WIRE. YOUNG CHILDREN WERE SEEN IN THE CROWDS OF MIGRANTS AS DISORDER AT THE ENTRY POINT ERUPTED. THE MAJORITY OF THE MIGRANTS WERE SAID TO BE FROM VENEZUELA.

BY THE HUNDREDS – MIGRANTS RUSHED THROUGH TOLL BOOTHS ON THE BRIDGE – WHERE THEY WERE DUPED BY AN ONLINE RUMOR. THE MIGRANTS SAID THERE WAS WORD OF A SPECIAL “MIGRANTS DAY” ON SOCIAL MEDIA THAT WOULD OPEN THE BORDER FOR MIGRANTS TO FREELY CROSS.

CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION HAS SINCE INCREASED THE NUMBER OF AGENTS AT THE BRIDGE IN RESPONSE TO THE SUDDEN RUSH.

PRESIDENT BIDEN INTRODUCED AN APP LAST YEAR FOR ASYLUM SEEKERS TO BOOK APPOINTMENTS AT THE BORDER. BUT THE APP HAS REPORTEDLY EXPERIENCED GLITCHES BROUGHT ON BY HIGH DEMAND. MIGRANTS TRAVELING THOUSANDS OF MILES TO FIND THEIR TICKET INTO AMERICA – READ ERROR.

WITH FRUSTRATION AND PRESSURE MOUNTING – THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY SAYS THEY MADE RECENT UPDATES TO THE APP THAT WILL SIMPLIFY AND SPEED UP THE PROCESS.