Brownsville, Texas – Eight individuals have lost their lives, and 10 more sustained injuries after a vehicle crashed into a group of people near a migrant and homeless shelter, on Sunday. A car slammed into a crowd of individuals who were waiting at a bus stop close to the Ozanam Center around 8.30 am, according to the Brownsville police department, located near the Texas-Mexico border. Breaking News: At least seven people were killed in Brownsville, Texas, on Sunday after the driver of a vehicle plowed into a crowd of migrants. Over the past two weeks, a significant increase in Venezuelan migrants has been observed in south Texas, particularly in Brownsville, for reasons that remain unclear to Mayorkas. On Thursday, 4,000 out of around 6,000 migrants in border patrol custody in the Rio Grande valley of Texas were Venezuelan.

Source: The Guardian May 08, 2023 09:02 UTC