Border Patrol Inland Checkpoints Shut Down So Agents Can Help Process Asylum Seekers
“It’s really out of control. It’s bad,†said one official of the surge in families streaming across the border.
By
Robert Moore
Date
Mar 23, 2019
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Border Patrol checkpoint
The Border Patrol checkpoint on U.S. Highway 62/180 in Hudspeth County, about 30 miles east of El Paso, was closed Saturday. Checkpoints in the Border Patrol’s El Paso sector in Far West Texas have been temporarily closed as agents are redeployed to handle a record influx of families crossing the border.
Robert Moore
The El Paso Border Patrol sector has temporarily closed its system of highway checkpoints as it struggles to cope with a record influx of families crossing the border and requesting asylum. The agents who usually staff the checkpoints will be redeployed to process and transport the asylum seekers, according to multiple sources who spoke to Texas Monthly on the condition they not be identified because they aren’t authorized to speak publicly about the change.
