Brandon Judd says the National Border Patrol Council is 'overwhelmed'

'A week ago I would not have called this a crisis. Today it meets the definition.'

Jaeson Jones, a former Texas Border Security Captain, said that the gun battle erupted between the Cártel del Noreste and Cártel del Golfo near Roma, Texas

Just across the Mexican border from Roma is a town called Ciudad Miguel Alemán where two cartels have been embattled for years

An immigrant named Nelson said he had decided to come to the United States after he saw news that immigrants were being let in, according to a Fox report