Illegal immigrants crossing into the United States at the southern border were seen ordering rides from Lyft as they grew tired of waiting for Border Patrol agents to come pick them up.
Fox News was in Jacumba, California, watching migrants who had arrived across the southern border and were waiting for several hours to be picked up and processed by Border Patrol agents.
Some Colombians got tired of waiting for the feds to come pick them up, so they requested a ride on the ride-sharing app and got in the car when it arrived.
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A migrant boarding a ride-sharing car at the southern border. (Bill Melugin/Fox News)
It was unclear whether the driver knew they were picking up illegal immigrants.
The moment is a snapshot of how overwhelmed Border Patrol agents have felt as they continue to deal with large numbers of people in the San Diego sector.
Fox witnessed the wandering of groups of illegal immigrants from Pakistan, China, India and Türkiye. There was little help for the Border Patrol from the liberal state of California, in stark contrast to Texas, which has launched its own operation to build infrastructure and block illegal immigrants from entering the United States.
The lack of security surprised even some illegal immigrants. One Turkish migrant, who told Fox that he had paid about $10,000 to a cartel, said Americans should be concerned about what he had seen.
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May 23, 2024: Illegal immigrants wait to be picked up at the southern border. (Bill Melugin/Fox News)
“In fact, the American people are right, it’s completely true. Who comes to this country? They don’t know. Okay, I’m fine. But what if they’re not good? What if they’re murderers, psychopaths, etc. ? There is no guarantee of that.”
“No security, no security checks, no background checks,” the migrant said, referring to his crossing into the United States.
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He said he worries about who crosses the border, because “people are not normal.”
He told Fox News that his trip to the US had taken 24 days and that he had traveled through Qatar, Dubai, Egypt, South Africa and Brazil before arriving in Central America to come to the US.
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The scenes came as a bipartisan border package failed again in the Senate, with even some of the bill’s authors voting against it.
Fox News’ Brie Stimson contributed to this report.
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