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Texas county judge aims to dispel misconception between DHS-released migrants, those in U.S. ‘illegally’
BORDER REPORT ^ | Aug 2, 2021 / 05:59 PM CDT | Sandra Sanchez

Posted on 08/05/2021 7:28:50 AM PDT by deport

The thousands of migrants Department of Homeland Security officials release into Hidalgo County, Texas, are “legal immigrants” because they are allowed to legally travel within the United States, County Judge Richard Cortez says.

That’s something not many people fully understand and something that adds to misperceptions about the Rio Grande Valley region, Cortez told Border Report during Monday morning sit-down interview he hopes will set the record straight between who is “legally” allowed to be in the country, and who is here illegally.

“What we have now is an overflow of ‘legal immigrants,'” Cortez said from his office in Edinburg, Texas. “These are legal immigrants that our law says they can come here and they can stay here and this is what’s causing the problem.”

The “legal” migrants, under federal law, must be processed within a few days and released. And he says South Texas is doing its best to safely help test them for coronavirus by partnering with local, city and federal officials to keep communities safe so they don’t board buses or airplanes carrying the virus.

“We have a law and a policy that’s creating a problem of having too many legal immigrants coming into this area,” he said.

(Excerpt) Read more at borderreport.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Society
KEYWORDS: aliens; border; dhs; immigration; invasion; texas
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To: deport

His concept or based on law?


21 posted on 08/05/2021 8:12:01 AM PDT by SkyDancer (I Identify As Vaccinated - non-injected.)
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To: deport

Why stop at legal immigrants. Just call everyone on the planet US citizens and be done with it.


22 posted on 08/05/2021 8:14:17 AM PDT by bgill (Which came first, the vax or the virus?)
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To: bgill

Just call everyone on the planet US citizens and be done with it.

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Looks like we are headed that way unless major changes are made.


23 posted on 08/05/2021 8:15:58 AM PDT by deport ( )
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To: bgill

WORLD CITIZENS

new title


24 posted on 08/05/2021 8:16:46 AM PDT by deport ( )
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To: IllumiNaughtyByNature

Many of them are, and the connection has been discussed, except in the MSM.


25 posted on 08/05/2021 8:38:38 AM PDT by Robert DeLong
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To: 17th Miss Regt
“These are legal immigrants that our law says they can come here and they can stay here and this is what’s causing the problem.”

Judge, the law says the opposite and DHS has no legal authority to admit illegal aliens who fail to appear at a port of entry for inspection and who lack legal documentation permitting such entry.

The US congress never authorized this. DHS is breaking the law and you judge should ask for your money back from whatever law school spawned you.

26 posted on 08/05/2021 8:41:46 AM PDT by usurper ( version )
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To: deport

Sounds like a distinction without a difference.


27 posted on 08/05/2021 8:50:34 AM PDT by taxcontrol (You are entitled to your opinion, no matter how wrong it is.)
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To: deport

County Judge Richard Cortez is a liar.


28 posted on 08/05/2021 2:30:28 PM PDT by EastTexasTraveler
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