Gut-punching images taken by The Post show migrant toddlers crawling through razor wire to reach Eagle Pass, Texas, howling in pain as spikes from the wire stick into their flesh.

The photos capture the sheer desperation of the humanitarian crisis playing out on the border, with families and even a double amputee crawling through the sharp coils of wire to get a shot at claiming asylum in the US.

Migrants barely out of diapers are being dumped at the border by heartless cartels, who are using them as a decoy to tie up border agents while they can shift drugs and gangsters over more remote areas of the border.

Around 11,000 migrants crossed into the US across the US-Mexico border from Sunday to Monday making it the “single highest day in recent memory,” according to Fox News.

Texan towns including Eagle Pass and El Paso have been flooded with thousands of people seeking refuge over the last week — pushing authorites to a “breaking point”.

Migrants pictured to Eagle Pass waded through the dangerous waters of the Rio Grande — the international boundary — before being stuck at the bottom of the river bank for hours, unable to make their way into the US due to the concertina wire.

After nearly half a day’s wait, they became desperate and made their way up the bank. Video captured by The Post shows one Honduran woman crawling through the wire with her three sons, trying to shield the children by putting her body between them and the sharp spikes.

Video captured by The Post shows the Honduran woman’s hair and clothes snagged by the razors.

With the help of other migrants who used clothes as a buffer, the mom and kids were able to turn themselves over to Border Patrol.

A man holding a toddler was also nearly swept away Sunday by the dangerous waters of the Rio Grande, which separates the US and Mexico. Other migrants also crossing into Eagle Pass saved the man by tying a rope around him.

They then formed a human chain to pull each other to the safety on the US side of the river.

Among those who made it to security forces on the border was a Honduran amputee. Maria Argentina, who’s missing both legs below her knee, made the trek with her daughter, Nathalie Virginia, 2.

Fellow migrants helped pull the woman through the razor wire before she broke down in tears, after successfully making it into the US — her third attempt after two previous tries failed.

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has added multiple layers of enforcement meant to deter migrants from illegally entering the state at non-designated border crossings like riverbeds and remote stretches of scrubland. Abbott’s Texas National Guard members also patrol the river over the weekend on boats, and at Eagle Pass a controversial floating border barrier in the middle of the river was erected in an effort to block migrants.

Despite the multiple layers of deterrents, migrants kept coming across by the thousands in Eagle Pass.

With a population of less than 30,000, Eagle Pass has been besieged at least 11,500 migrants in the last week, overwhelming its resources.

For comparison, a record was set for the entire Southern Border when 10,000 people attempted to cross from Mexico in a single day in May.

Mayor Rolando Salinas told The Post authorities were bracing for “anywhere between 4,000 to 9,000 migrants” at the end of last week. 

“I’ve never seen people cross like this,” Salinas, a life-long resident, said.

The migrant mobs forced the closure of one of the town’s two international bridges, costing the city $15,000 a day.

Law enforcement sources have previously told The Post the mass crossings — which are taking place across the entire southern border — are fueled by cartels who purposely want to overwhelmed American border enforcement.