Riveting aerial photos taken by drones Saturday showed the harrowing experience of more than a dozen migrants as they crossed the southern border.

At least 15 people — most of them children — were seen braving the rough waters of the Rio Grande River while making their way from Mexico into Eagle Pass, Texas.

An adult woman clutched onto a young child, while three others held on to her for dear life.

A few feet away, a teen boy held an infant while surrounded by two other children. Most appear to be frightened and shivering from the cold.

Nearby, another boy frantically swims toward a large stick a few feet away. Two others hold the stick and use it to navigate toward shore, where another individual awaits, grabbing the stick and pulling them out.

Once ashore, the migrants were taken into custody by U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers and processed.

A jaw-dropping 3.8 million people have entered the US through its borders since President Joe Biden took office in 2021 — nearly half of whom slipped into the country illegally and were never caught.

After crossing the border, the migrants have been dispersed across all 50 states, but in the past year four states have borne the brunt of the crisis — Texas, with 170,475 people , California with 165,186, Florida at 152,048 and New York with 145,690.