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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“Unexpected”?
Hardly.
speed bumps ahead...
That's rassis!
Should be "unmotorized drivers!"
Regards,
Or some of those scoop trucks from Soylent Green.
This problem could be avoided if the Biden administration would just give cars to all the illegal immigrants when they cross the border.
600,000 “gotaways
MS13 and other prisoners brought to you by Joe Biden.
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