after videos show flood of migrants riding trains toward US and smugglers using rails to sneak people across border
- The international railway crossing bridges in Eagle Pass and El Paso will close on Monday as increasing numbers of migrants jump onto the trains
- Border Patrol said the bridges are closed 'in order to redirect personnel to assist the U.S. Border Patrol with taking migrants into custody'
- Migrant arrivals are surging, with crossings now by train: early this month 12,000 migrant encounters on a single day were reported, breaking records
Two rail bridges carrying freight between Mexico and Texas are being closed by the Border Patrol to try and stem the 'recent resurgence' in cargo carriages being used by migrants.
It is not the first time the bridges have been closed, but the economic impact is severe. In September, a three-day closure left $1 billion worth of produce sitting idle in trains stuck on either side.
The bridges into El Paso and Eagle Pass will close starting 8am Monday, the Customs and Border Protection agency said on Sunday - their latest drastic measure to try and reduce the arrivals.
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