Shocking video has emerged showing the first large group of migrants from Africa wading across the Rio Grande River to illegally enter the United States.

The video shared by the Customs and Border Protection shows a group of 116 people from Angola, Cameroon and the Congo walking through the waist-deep water into Texas.

Male and female adults are seen making the laborious trek with children clinging onto their shoulders on Thursday.

A group of 116 African migrants illegally crossed into the U.S Thursday evening around 10.30pm, according to the US. Customs and Border Patrol

The video shared by the Customs and Border Protection shows a group of 116 people from Angola, Cameroon and the Congo walking through the waist-deep water into Texas

According to Border Patrol it's the first large group from Africa to try and breach the U.S. border by way of Mexico

Men and women were seen wading through the water with children on their shoulders

After they made it into Texas, they were apprehended by Del Rio Sector border agents

The group was apprehended by agents at the Del Rio Sector of the border around 10.30pm.

The White House also shared video of the harrowing scene showing the moment the group file out of the water and reach the shore in a line.

'Last night, U.S. Border Patrol agents apprehended more than 100 illegal aliens from Congo, Angola, and Cameroon near the U.S.–Mexico border,' the White House tweeted.

'Our southern border is now a magnet for illegal immigration from all over the world. It's time for Democrats to help close the loopholes!' it added.

The White House also shared video of the harrowing scene showing the moment the migrants make it to shore

'Our southern border is now a magnet for illegal immigration from all over the world. It's time for Democrats to help close the loopholes!' the White House tweeted Friday

The massive group hailed from Angola, the Congo and Cameroon

The apprehended migrants pictured above after they were detained by border patrol agents

According to Border Patrol it's the first large group from Africa to try and breach the U.S. border by way of Mexico.

'Large groups present a unique challenge for the men and women of the Del Rio Sector,' Chief Raul Ortiz said. 'This large group from Africa further demonstrates the complexity and severity of the border security and humanitarian crisis at our Southwest border.'

In this fiscal year alone Border Patrol has encountered 182 large groups of more than 100 individuals across the Southwest border.