Exclusive Photos: Physical Barriers No Match for Surrendering Migrants at Texas Border Town
RANDY CLARK and BOB PRICE24 May 202381
EAGLE PASS, Texas — Authorities on both sides of the border could not prevent the entry of a steady stream of asylum-seeking migrants hoping to surrender to the Border Patrol. Despite the placement of Conex containers, concertina razor wire, and a more significant border wall constructed by the State of Texas, the migrants stubbornly moved around or crossed over the impediments. As Breitbart Texas looked on, more than one hundred migrants breached the barriers earlier this week.
Texas Department of Public Safety Highway Patrol troopers and Florida State Police deployed to the Del Rio Sector under Operation Lone Star posted along the river near the Camino Real International Bridge. At the same time, workers moved the heavy Conex containers into place to block access to one of the busiest migrant crossing spots directly under the bridge. Despite their efforts, migrants forded the river and sought avenues to move around the barriers hoping to breach the lines of concertina wire laid out along the riverbank.
At one point, the migrants appear to have been instructed to return to Mexico by Texas authorities as one Highway Patrol trooper motioned to the group pointing back to Mexico. The group of migrants seemingly ignored the instructions and walked along the concertina wire until they breached the barrier.
https://www.breitbart.com/border/2023/05/24/exclusive-photos-physical-barriers-no-match-for-surrendering-migrants-at-texas-border-town/
