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WATCH: A firsthand look at Joe Biden’s horrific border crisis in rio'>Del Rio, Texas.

Rep. Kevin McCarthy: The Biden administration "must recognize" the Haitian migrant surge at the U.S.-Mexico border in rio'>Del Rio, Texas, as a national security crisis and deploy the National Guard.

The mayor of the embattled border town of rio'>Del Rio announced he signed a local emergency declaration to shut down southbound traffic on the international bridge that leads to Mexico

BORDER CRISIS: Thousands of migrants have surged across the Rio Grande this week and are being kept beneath a Del Rio bridge in squalid conditions. The city’s mayor is now declaring a disaster declaration.

Dozens of Mexican nationals are stranded in rio'>Del Rio after U.S. Customs and Border Protection closed the port of entry due to the surge in migrants crossing the Rio Grande into the United States.

Border Patrol officials said their plan to begin transporting thousands of asylum-seeking migrants, most of them coming from Haiti, out of rio'>Del Rio and into processing centers could begin as soon as Friday night.

Overloaded court system awaits Haitian asylum seekers in rio'>Del Rio

“This temporary closure and shift is necessary in order to respond to urgent safety and security needs presented by the influx of migrants into rio'>Del Rio, and is effective immediately,” CBP said in a news release.

A ‘dire situation’ for over 12,500 migrants under the bridge in rio'>Del Rio, Texas

As of Friday morning, more than 9,000 migrants were believed to be waiting under a bridge in rio'>Del Rio, Texas to be processed by Customs and Border Protection, with thousands more expected to arrive in the coming days.