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Signs warning of ‘unexpected pedestrians’ appear in El Paso amid migrant surge
Fox News ^ | January 17, 2023 | Adam Shaw

Posted on 01/20/2023 3:10:48 AM PST by fluorescence

Road signs warning drivers of "unexpected pedestrians" have gone up in El Paso, Texas amid a surge in migrant crossings at the southern border -- with risks posed to both drivers and migrants.

Signs warning drivers to "watch for unexpected pedestrians" have gone up in recent months in El Paso along highways next to border barriers sealing off the border with Mexico. El Paso is one of the areas that saw some of the biggest spikes in migrants coming across the border in recent months, with the city declaring a state of emergency in December.

There were more than 2.3 million migrant encounters in FY 2022, and so far the months in FY 2023, which began in October, are outpacing the months of the prior fiscal year. That’s in addition to nearly 600,000 "gotaways" who slipped past overwhelmed Border Patrol agents and got into the country.

KFOX14 reported that signs began going up at the end of November after an increase in crashes -- including a 12-year-old Mexican girl who was hit and killed by a car. The outlet reported that 10 signs were going up in the area.

Meanwhile, Customs and Border Protection (CBP) updating its directives on vehicular pursuits, which the agency said provides "a clear framework for weighing the risks of conducting pursuits, such as the dangers they present to the public, against the law enforcement benefit or need."

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TOPICS: Society
KEYWORDS: elpaso; illegalimmigrants

1 posted on 01/20/2023 3:10:48 AM PST by fluorescence
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To: fluorescence

“Unexpected”?

Hardly.


2 posted on 01/20/2023 3:13:52 AM PST by Responsibility2nd (Donald Trump is a setting sun. Ron DeSantis is a rising star.)
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To: fluorescence

speed bumps ahead...


3 posted on 01/20/2023 3:15:33 AM PST by heavy metal (smiling improves your face value and makes people wonder what the hell you're up to... 😁)
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To: fluorescence
This ought to help with those unexpected pedestrians


4 posted on 01/20/2023 3:21:29 AM PST by COBOL2Java (Gun laws empower criminals. Guns empower the people.)
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To: fluorescence
The immigration sign was a California highway safety sign warning motorists to avoid undocumented immigrants darting across the road.


5 posted on 01/20/2023 3:40:28 AM PST by tlozo (Better to Die on Your Feet than Live on Your Knees )
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To: fluorescence
Signs warning of ‘unexpected pedestrians’ appear in El Paso amid migrant surge

That's rassis!

Should be "unmotorized drivers!"

Regards,

6 posted on 01/20/2023 4:00:08 AM PST by alexander_busek (Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.)
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To: COBOL2Java

Or some of those scoop trucks from Soylent Green.


7 posted on 01/20/2023 4:43:48 AM PST by HartleyMBaldwin
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To: fluorescence

This problem could be avoided if the Biden administration would just give cars to all the illegal immigrants when they cross the border.


8 posted on 01/20/2023 8:31:39 AM PST by Verginius Rufus
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To: fluorescence

600,000 “gotaways

MS13 and other prisoners brought to you by Joe Biden.


9 posted on 01/20/2023 8:55:17 AM PST by Vaduz (LAWYERS )
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