Del Rio

A political activist from Venezuela who fiercely opposes President Nicolas Maduro, she approached border agents in Del Rio, Texas, in 2021 and asked for asylum, saying she feared for her life.

“The other day we had a couple gentlemen come in who were on their way to the airport,” Del Rio said.

For example, Bianca Del Rio would be very popular in Spain because people would not only come to see her in a campy outfit, but she is a comedy queen.

Since then, different regions along the border have received the most migrant arrivals every few months — Del Rio, then El Paso, then Rio Grande, then Tucson.

The BBC's US partner CBS reported that in January, the border crossing in Del Rio, Texas, recorded a few hundred apprehensions a day - compared to 2,300 daily migrant crossings in December.