Our top story tonight,
the US is just hours away
from the end of Title 42.
All along the border from Texas to
California, migrants are gathering,
waiting and hoping to make their
way into the United States.
This is near the El Paso border.
This morning, more than 28,000 migrants were
in Customs and Border Protection custody.
On Tuesday alone, US border officials
encountered more than 10,000 migrants.
And this was the scene today along the
border of Matamoros and Brownsville.
Soldiers and airmen from the state's
Quick Reaction Force marched
to the river ahead of midnight.
Their commander says these men and women
are specially trained and
equipped for civil disturbances.
KENS Five's Alicia Nieves
is live now in Brownsville.
She has the latest on the
situation at this hour Alicia.
Well, lots of activity on both
sides of the border EC's,
from the migrant camps in Matamoros
to right here on the US side
of the border in Brownsville.
Throughout the day,
we've witnessed bus loads of migrants
come from a processing center that is
just beyond this hill right behind me
being bussed downtown to Brownsville.
To a bus station.
Once the migrants arrive there,
they're on their own to
buy their plane ticket.
Their bus ticket to their next destination.
Now this quick reaction force that
you just saw with the soldiers.
They are military police
for Operation Lone Star.
Thousands of them have been deployed along
1254 miles of the border.
They partner with D PS:.
To patrol the border,
along the river and in the air using drones.
What's happened over these last few days?
Some of these soldiers and
airmen had to be reassigned to
another spot along the border,
based on the numbers that
officials are seeing right now.
These soldiers are from Texas,
their commander told us.
Many are serving in their own backyard.
The commander says his biggest
challenge right now is the volume as
the number of migrants surrendering
at the border continues to grow.
But whatever midnight brings,
he says, they'll be ready.
Well, we always keep our ear to the
ground and have information sharing
with our law enforcement partners,
especially Department of Public
Safety and the municipal agencies.
So if we do, you know,
think there's a credible threat,
obviously we'll reevaluate,
but we're well prepared for any contingency.
Over the last week, National Guard
engineers placed more than 70
miles of wire fencing along the border
in preparation for the end of Title 42.
Commander Barker said they're taking
proactive measures with these barriers
and the additional forces to explain
to migrants that coming to the US
through ports of entry is way safer.
Instead of crossing the more dangerous
route going through the river now,
Governor Abbott ordered these 500
additional soldiers to come to the border.
The last of them arrived in
McAllen yesterday. Coming up,
we're learning more about the conversations
happening right now in Matamoros.
Here, why some migrants are preferring
to cross before Title 42 ends,
we'll explain tonight at
10 live in Brownsville,
Alyssa Niavas Ken's 5.
Thank you, Alicia New.
Tonight
we're hearing from a witness in
the deadly Brownsville crash.
He jumped in right away,
using his training as a firefighter
in Venezuela to save lives,
and it was all caught on camera by
a bystander who shared the video.
Anayala Ruiz spoke with that
firefighter and a person he helped,
29 year old Brian Pineda still can't
believe what he witnessed Sunday.
It all feels so surreal for him.
He said he was standing here at the
corner and heard the car's motor.
He turned around just in
time to see the impact.
He says after the crash,
his reaction was to see what was going on and
when he saw the magnitude of those injured,
he quickly jumped into action.
His instinct as a firefighter from Venezuela
was to help a man who lost his leg.
He was scared he was going to bleed out,
so he made a tourniquet
with the victim's shirt.
He says he started helping other victims,
checking for pulses.
Fortunately, minutes later,
paramedics arrived and began
transporting patients to the hospital,
including the man who lost his leg,
Gabriel Gallardo, over voice messages.
I spoke to him and he says he
remembers waiting for the bus.
And the next thing you know,
he was yelling at his friend
because his shoes were hurting him.
But he told me he's grateful
Brian was able to help him.
Without him,
he doesn't think he would have survived.
He feels lucky.
Lucky he wasn't standing at
that bus stop and lucky to be
at the right place at the right
time to help others in need.
That was Anayali Ruiz reporting.
Meantime, Brian says he hopes
he can continue helping others
here in the US As for Gabrielle,
he's still in the hospital
recovering from his injuries.