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<div class="m"><picture><source media="(max-width: 767px)" srcset="https://a57.foxnews.com/static.foxnews.com/foxnews.com/content/uploads/2022/06/343/192/ALL_CUSTOM_FS_LOCAL_NEWS_TX_GENERAL.png?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https://a57.foxnews.com/static.foxnews.com/foxnews.com/content/uploads/2022/06/686/384/ALL_CUSTOM_FS_LOCAL_NEWS_TX_GENERAL.png?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x"><source media="(min-width: 767px) and (max-width: 1023px)" srcset="https://a57.foxnews.com/static.foxnews.com/foxnews.com/content/uploads/2022/06/672/378/ALL_CUSTOM_FS_LOCAL_NEWS_TX_GENERAL.png?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https://a57.foxnews.com/static.foxnews.com/foxnews.com/content/uploads/2022/06/1344/756/ALL_CUSTOM_FS_LOCAL_NEWS_TX_GENERAL.png?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x"><source media="(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)" srcset="https://a57.foxnews.com/static.foxnews.com/foxnews.com/content/uploads/2022/06/931/523/ALL_CUSTOM_FS_LOCAL_NEWS_TX_GENERAL.png?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https://a57.foxnews.com/static.foxnews.com/foxnews.com/content/uploads/2022/06/1862/1046/ALL_CUSTOM_FS_LOCAL_NEWS_TX_GENERAL.png?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x"><source media="(min-width: 1280px)" srcset="https://a57.foxnews.com/static.foxnews.com/foxnews.com/content/uploads/2022/06/720/405/ALL_CUSTOM_FS_LOCAL_NEWS_TX_GENERAL.png?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https://a57.foxnews.com/static.foxnews.com/foxnews.com/content/uploads/2022/06/1440/810/ALL_CUSTOM_FS_LOCAL_NEWS_TX_GENERAL.png?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x"> <img src="https://a57.foxnews.com/static.foxnews.com/foxnews.com/content/uploads/2022/06/640/320/ALL_CUSTOM_FS_LOCAL_NEWS_TX_GENERAL.png?ve=1&amp;tl=1" alt="A crowd of migrants at the U.S.-Mexico border was stopped by barricades at the Bridge of Americas." width="100%" height="auto"></picture></div> <div class="info"><div class="caption"><p><span>A crowd of migrants at the U.S.-Mexico border was stopped by barricades at the Bridge of Americas.</span> </p></div></div>

Traffic was reopened and flowing in both directions as of Sunday evening, he said.

Maier said the Office of <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/category/tech/topics/fbi" target="_blank">Field Operations Special Response Team</a> and U.S. Border Patrol agents assisted Customs officers.

It wasn't immediately known what caused the attempted mass crossing.

A message seeking comment was left with the mayor's office in El Paso.

A crowd of migrants at the U.S.-Mexico border has been stopped by barricades at the Bridge of Americas. They were preparing to make a mass entry into U.S.

Crowd of migrants at U.S.-Mexico border stopped by barricades at bridge

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