Dozens More Migrants Convicted Of Trespassing On New Border Military Area In Texas
Story by Demian Bio • 19h
Dozens of migrants have been convicted for trespassing into a newly-declared military zone along the southern border in Texas even though a judge recently dismissed several such charges elsewhere.
According to Border Report, the 60 convictions follow guilty pleas entered in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas. "Beginning in early May, additional criminal charges were filed against individuals who illegally entered or were found illegally in the United States and who had illegally entered the National Defense Area," said the U.S. Attorney's Office for the region, led by Acting U.S. Attorney Margaret Leachman.
"These convictions are a positive step in the judicial process of deterring illegal immigration, and I am very grateful to our El Paso Division staff and to our federal law enforcement and military partners for their diligent work in securing our borders," she added.
However, a federal judge in New Mexico, where another such zone has been established, dismissed in mid-May charges against nearly 100 migrants arrested for entering a National Defense Area (NDA).
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