#BREAKING Gov. @GregAbbott_TX announces all illegal immigrants that come into the state of Texas will be put on charter buses to the steps of the U.S. Capitol in Washington D.C.— TX Dept of Emergency Mgmt says it will charter as many buses necessary to carry out governor’s order.
Additionally, starting this afternoon @TxDPS will be stationed at the 28 crossings into Texas to conduct enhanced vehicle checks in an attempt to thwart drug/human smuggling and also cut down on pursuits— It’s part of @GregAbbott_TX expansion of #OperationLoneStar
Governor @GregAbbott_TX also announced all @TxDPS and specially trained @TXMilitary will be equipped with riot gear along the border as a precaution following violent videos coming from caravans in Mexico.
Gov @GregAbbott_TX says he is deploying boat blockades along the Rio Grande, putting up razor wire, expanding container blockade & illuminating breach points in an effort to deter illegal crossings into TX— @TXMilitary will start “mass migration rehearsals” tmw #OperationLoneStar
ICYMI: Here is the full statement by @GovAbbott on the “aggressive action” being taken to secure the border as law enforcement and NGOs brace for the end of #Title42
NEW: Tense exchange between @CBP agents & @USBPChief today in Laredo—Chief Ortiz says they signed up for this job. Agent says, “For evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing… Good men are doing nothing. You’re allowing illegal aliens to be dropped off in communities…”
Chief Ortiz has been touring border stations with @DHSgov@AliMayorkas for the past few days. At the meeting in Yuma, it was reported border agents turned their back on the Secretary. This all comes as videos are being leaked countering claims from the administration.
#BREAKING Val Verde Co. to form coalition w/other border counties/cities to sue @POTUS “for failure to enforce the laws of the Constitution of the United States & failure to abide by his oath of office” & failure to protect/defend border. Vote was unanimous among commissioners.
Val Verde Co. Commissioner Nettleton says he blames Congress and the President— Saying, “Enough is enough.” #BorderCrisis
Val Verde Co. Judge Owens says they are going through a difficult time— Here’s the unanimous vote.
I have been asked several times why isn’t Mexico doing anything…
Here is how the chamber of commerce president of Acuña explained it to me: No one going through Mexico has ANY intention of staying— Migrants are just passing through… 1/3
2/3… The Mexican government is angry that all of this falls on them because people are in pursuit of the American Dream. The chamber of commerce president of Acuña tells me at one point, the city had thousands of people in a park after the U.S. closed the crossing…
3/3… He tells me when migrants hoping to get into the U.S. learned they faced deportation— 3,000+ migrants, mostly Haitians streamed into the city and took shelter in homes, disrupting Acuña for days because they wanted to get across and thought they could wait it out. #DelRio
How do “credible” news sources keep getting it wrong? 😑
“Haitians, in particular, are granted asylum at the lowest rate of any nationality w/consistently high numbers of asylum seekers, according to an analysis of data by The @AP”
My source in Mexico says these immigrants developed a method tethering a rope to travel across the Rio Grande— Law enforcement say it’s the same group of individuals that have been at the International bridge— they’re walking around because the weir dam (old crossing) is closed.
My source says they are going into Mexico to get provisions and coming back to the U.S. using a tethered rope as a guide across the Rio.
My source says the park on the Mexico side is gated off- they are jumping over the fence. There are hundreds of people there.
We know buses transporting immigrants are stopped in Acuña (Mexico side)— this is likely a combo of those people & ones that have already been in the US