Double amputee migrant crosses Rio Grande using rubber ring

Maria Argentina, 32, from Honduras, is helped across the water. Photo: ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS

A double amputee from Honduras managed to cross the water. was photographed attempting to cross the Rio Grande River with her child as border crossings at the U.S.-Mexico border reached near-record levels.

Maria Argentina, 32, was among dozens of migrants arriving at border weekend.

The photo showed her crossing the Rio Grande in a rubber ring, carried by a group of men. Her daughter Natalie Virginia was also carried across a body of water at the border crossing in Eagle Pass, Texas.

Her two-year-old daughter Natalie Virginia crossed the road in front of her. Photo: ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS

After the crossing, the couple were reunited as the baby was seen sitting on his mother's lap as they rested near a gap in the barbed wire fencing.

Thousands of people have arrived in recent days at various Texas border posts with few belongings, fleeing political regimes or seeking economic opportunity.

The United States reported that 232,972 migrants reached its southern land border in August. an increase compared to the figures recorded in previous months.

Ms. Argentina is a double amputee from Honduras. Photo: ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS < img src="/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/afcde5c662ddce272155ee3b5fade235.jpg" /> Couple reunited at the other end Photo: ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS

Number of migrants caught crossing the border illegally or presenting themselves legally, border crossings have been steadily rising since falling in mid-May, putting strain on U.S. border cities.

President Joe Biden is working to curb migration while targeting economic development in Central America's so-called Northern Triangle , which includes Honduras, Guatemala and El Salvador.