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The migrants, mostly families from Central American countries, took charter buses to a spot on a Mexican highway just south of the U.S.-Mexico border.

They got off the buses and 鈥渢hen they all ran right across the border and waited for an agent to show up,鈥� Roy Villareal, chief patrol agent for the 蜜柚直播 Sector, said at an afternoon news conference.

The section of the border west of Lukeville, a small border town southwest of 蜜柚直播, is made up of vehicle barriers rather than a fence designed to stop pedestrians, Villareal said.

Agents started transporting 393 migrants around 6 a.m. and hadn鈥檛 stopped as of 4 p.m., Villareal said.

Most of the migrants were children, he said, including 199 children traveling with parents and 41 children traveling by themselves.

While agents in Southern 蜜柚直播 were processing one large group of migrants, agents in the El Paso area were doing the same with a group of 鈥渃lose to 600鈥� migrants, Villareal said.

Villareal said 40 large groups have crossed the border in the 蜜柚直播 Sector in the past eight months, creating gaps in border security. On Tuesday, he shut down a checkpoint near Ajo so more agents could help process the migrants.

鈥淟et鈥檚 not be deceived here. This is an orchestrated effort by a criminal syndicate鈥� that generates thousands of dollars by bringing migrants to cross the border, he said.

The group was apparently the largest encountered by 蜜柚直播 Sector agents since groups of 50 or more migrants started arriving near Lukeville last year, according to news releases from the 蜜柚直播 Sector.

The largest previous group had 325 people, including nearly 150 children. They surrendered to agents on Feb. 7.

In 蜜柚直播, local shelters are taking in some of the families after they are processed by Immigration and Customs Enforcement and released to pursue asylum claims.

鈥淲e are getting slammed,鈥� said Sarah Reed, manager of the Rincon Migrant Shelter in 蜜柚直播, adding the 鈥渘eed is great鈥� for more shelters.

Immigration agencies do not have enough space to house the families, she said, and without shelters 鈥渢hey would be out on the street.鈥�

Instead, families spend a couple of days at local shelters, where they can eat, shower and prepare to 鈥済et where they鈥檙e going,鈥� Reed said.

The former Benedictine Monastery is taking in hundreds of families, said Steve Kozachik, a 蜜柚直播 city councilman who volunteers with the monastery.

鈥淲e are absolutely struggling to keep pace,鈥� he said.

The volunteers are working with other faith-based organizations in 蜜柚直播 to find more space, Kozachik said. He applauded the 鈥渁ll hands on deck鈥� attitude of the 蜜柚直播 community, but he said they are facing a problem: Winter visitors make up a large part of the local volunteer base, and they are leaving.