![Even Amid Texas Border Crackdown, Illegal Crossings Still High](https://gdb.voanews.com/3B4591F8-C910-4F7E-BF84-305B9010BE38.jpg)
Even Amid Texas Border Crackdown, Illegal Crossings Still High
Voice of America
FILE - Migrants wait to be processed by the US Customs and Border Patrol after they crossed the Rio Grande and entered the US from Mexico, Oct. 19, 2023, in Eagle Pass, Texas. FILE - Abdoul, 32 year-old migrant from Maghama, Mauritania, poses for a photograph at his shared apartment on Oct. 6, 2023, in New York. FILE - Migrants walk past a barrier after they crossed the Rio Grande and entered the US from Mexico, Oct. 19, 2023, in Eagle Pass, Texas.
Before settling in New York City like thousands of other migrants this year, Abdoul, a 32-year-old from West Africa, took an unexpected detour: Weeks in a remote Texas jail on local trespassing charges after crossing the U.S.-Mexico border.
![](/newspic/picid-6252001-20240703154643.jpg)
People stand in front of waves crashing against the shore as Hurricane Beryl moves south of the island, in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, July 2, 2024. As of 5:00 AM EDT on July 3, 2024, the center of Hurricane Beryl was located near 16.6°N - 74.4°W of South Haiti with movement WNW at 20 mph. The minimum central pressure was 946 mb with maximum sustained winds of about 145 mph. Family members begin to repair their home damaged in the passing of Hurricane Beryl, in Ottley Hall, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, July 2, 2024.