Texas Begins Arresting, Charging Illegal Immigrants in Eagle Pass as Border Feud With Biden Admin Intensifies

Published on January 19, 2024

Texas authorities began arresting illegal immigrants at Shelby Park in Eagle Pass on Wednesday after the state’s attorney general defied a cease-and-desist letter sent by the Biden administration demanding officials stop blocking U.S. Border Patrol agents from the site. The arrests were announced by Lt. Chris Olivarez at the Texas Department of Public Safety on X, formerly Twitter. Mr. Olivarez said single adult migrant men and women were taken into state custody and charged with criminal trespassing under Governor Greg Abbott’s new state law, which allows police to arrest and charge people suspected of entering the country illegally....

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