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EAGLE PASS, Texas (NewsNation) — A U.S. Customs and Border Protection migrant processing installation successful Eagle Pass, Texas, is closing, sources told NewsNation connected Wednesday.
The temporary, soft-sided installation called "Firefly," which opened successful July 2022, was primitively designed to rapidly process radical successful Border Patrol custody by providing food, structure and processing space.
The 153,300-square-foot, climate-controlled facility served the Border Patrol's Del Rio sector. It replaced a smaller operation that opened successful Eagle Pass successful April 2021.
Similar facilities successful El Paso and San Diego volition stay open.
The quality comes amid Vice President JD Vance's visit to the confederate borderline Wednesday to highlight the Trump administration’s pugnacious migration policies arsenic the White House touts a crisp diminution successful borderline crossings.
Illegal crossings astatine the border have dropped 94% compared to past year, according to Border Patrol officials, and the diminution is attributed to respective factors — including labeling cartel groups arsenic violent organizations, boosting ICE deportations and deploying subject resources for enforcement and deportation flights.
Alongside Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and National Intelligence Director Tulsi Gabbard, Vance is expected to sojourn Eagle Pass, erstwhile considered a blistery spot for amerciable crossings.
The sojourn comes arsenic the White House pushes its “whole of government” approach, coordinating efforts betwixt the departments of Homeland Security, Defense and Justice.
