Posted on 07/23/2021 8:09:41 AM PDT by Right Wing Vegan
AUSTIN, Texas — Texas is beginning to arrest migrants on trespassing charges along the U.S.-Mexico border as part of Republican Gov. Greg Abbott's actions that he says are needed to slow the number of border crossings, jailing at least 10 people so far with more on the way, authorities said Thursday.
The arrests put in motion plans that Abbott first announced in June, when he also said that Texas would continue building former President Donald Trump's border wall and called on other governors to deploy law enforcement and National Guard members to the southern border.
The detainees are being held at what had been an empty state prison in Dilley, Texas, about 100 miles (160.93 kilometers) north of the border city of Laredo, said Robert Hurst, a spokesman for the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. He said the converted facility will be able to hold more than 950 people.
All of those arrested so far have been single adult men, according to Val Verde County Attorney David Martinez, who said he was advised last week that the number of migrant arrests could increase to as many as 100 or 200 per day. Such large numbers, he said, "would overwhelm not only my office, but our entire system pretty quickly."
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10 is a start. I want to see 100,000 plus of these invaders locked, and this laws changed to put jail them for years for this offense.
He said the converted facility will be able to hold more than 950 people.
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I like it, but Gov. Abbott will probably have to look for some novel ways to lockup the migrants when that prison fills up.
10 out of two million this year.
“It’s a start.” True, but A-10 Warthogs would be a better start.
Um, where did you get your 2 million from?
Left wing calling Texas racist beginning in 3 ... 2 ...
This is just for show to make it look like he’s doing something.
Better would be to get Texas Senator Cornyn to stop enticing more to come with promises of amnesty.
That is the estimated number that will cross this year.
It’s the monthly rate times 12.
Well we are in July. And the monthly rate fluctuates wildly. And action is being taken to reduce the flow, even by Harris.
Put up a tent city in the prison enclosure. Get them to sign a voluntary return to their country or spend two years in tent city.
....migrants...?
NO, hell no!
INVADERS!
Ef NPR!
“Action”
Yeah, like selling out every single Greyhound bus to transport them into the interior? Like using the military to relocate them into the hinterlands?
WHAT action? Trump took real action to stop it. The only action this admin is taking is to aid and abet the invasion.
10 arrested, with over 1,000,000 invaders since January.
Cry me a river, Regressive NPR.
The monthly rate is steadily climbing past 180,000.
If you actually believe action is being taken, even by Harris, you are very gullible.
Source?
Her trips to Central America were a joke, complete flops. I cannot believe you would hold that up as an example of success. Trump negotiated directly with the President of Mexico and the two of them struck excellent accords.
Harris has completely shunned her assigned duties in the border because she knows it is a no-win for her.
Some federal judge trying to throw his weight around will step in and demand that they stop arresting illegals
Oklahoma, Louisiana, and Arkansas should start stopping those Biden buses and arrest them all for trespassing.
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