US closes Del Rio border crossing

The federal agency that oversees U.S. borders made the unprecedented move to shut down a port of entry between Mexico and Texas in response to an unmanageable flow of migrants, arriving in the thousands overnight.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection's Office of Trade announced Friday evening that the Del Rio Port of Entry in Del Rio, Texas, would immediately stop operating, not allowing traffic north into the United States or south into Mexico.

All vehicular traffic will have to travel an hour's drive to the next closest open port of entry between Eagle Pass, Texas, and Piedras Negras, Mexico.

As of Friday morning, approximately 12,000 people had illegally crossed the border beneath the port of entry, wading through the border river to get into the U.S., and were waiting under the bridge to be taken into custody by Border Patrol agents.