DHS scrambles to deal with thousands of migrants swarming across border Wednesday in Texas

Homeland Security shut down some lanes of traffic at a Mexican border crossing Wednesday and shifted personnel to help with the latest crisis, a new surge of thousands of migrants streaming into Eagle Pass, Texas.

Reports on the ground said more than 4,000 people swarmed over in the morning and more were still coming in the afternoon, overwhelming Customs and Border Protection’s ability to handle them.

CBP, which operates both the Border Patrol and the legal crossings, said it was taking people from a vehicle lane and a railway crossing...