Texas Border Patrol agents last week discovered 16 illegal immigrants in a hotel room who claimed they were waiting to be smuggled further into the United States. U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) said that Rio Grande Valley Sector Border Patrol (RGV) agents received a tip-off on Sept. 17 that a hotel in Edinburg was being used harbor illegal immigrants. Officers responded to the scene at approximately 1 p.m. and found two people entering the room carrying water and groceries. After surveilling the two individuals further, the Hidalgo County Sheriff’s Office conducted a welfare check. Officials found more than 10 people in the room, 10 of whom were from Honduras, five from El Salvador, and one from Mexico. The illegal aliens told officers that they had been waiting to be transported further into the United States for nearly 30 days. The following morning, McAllen Border Patrol Station agents in Hidalgo discovered several more illegal immigrants using …