El Paso judge calls on Texas to assist in processing and holding migrants amid overwhelmed local jails

Members of the Texas National Guard stand guard on the banks of the Rio Bravo river, as seen from Ciudad Juarez (Credit: Reuters)

Officials from El Paso are asking Texas authorities to use its own resources to process and jail migrants that have been recently arrested.

The request comes after state authorities apprehended some 200 migrants after some cut razor wire at the border along the Rio Grande and tried to approach Border Patrol. They were hit with rioting charges.