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El Paso Official Says Illegal Aliens ‘Running Into Our Backyards,’ Scaring the Community

December 29, 2022
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A top official in El Paso, Texas, has called the situation at the southern border “frightening” and said the local community is not accustomed to having so many illegal aliens in the city. El Paso City Council member Claudia Rodriguez made the comments in an interview with Fox News on Dec. 28, shortly after the Supreme…

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‘I’ve Never Seen It That Bad’: Texas Congressman Describes Conditions at Overcrowded Border Processing Center

December 21, 2022
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Rep. Tony Gonzalez (R-Texas) on Dec. 21 said that the conditions at a processing facility on the U.S.-Mexico border were the worse he’s ever seen it. Gonzalez, in an interview with Fox News, made the remark while discussing a video he filmed at a processing center in El Paso, Texas, last week. “I’d been to…

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Texas National Guard ‘Border Force’ Blocking Illegal Crossings

December 21, 2022
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Texas National Guard troops deployed to El Paso have constructed a razor-wire barrier along the Rio Grande and have been blocking people from making unauthorized crossings into the United States amid a migrant surge and legal back-and-forth about ending Title 42, a Trump-era rule that helped stem the tide of illegal immigration. Acting under orders…

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El Paso Mayor Warns 200,000 Illegal Aliens Waiting in Mexico to Cross Border Into US When Title 42 Ends

December 20, 2022
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Roughly 20,000 illegal aliens are waiting to cross the border into El Paso, Texas, as soon as the Trump-era Title 42 program ends, Mayor Oscar Leeser said on Monday. Leeser made the comments at a press conference just two days after declaring a state of emergency amid an influx of illegal aliens that have crossed the southern border and…

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El Paso Mayor Warns 200,000 Illegal Aliens Waiting in Mexico to Cross Border When Title 42 Ends

December 20, 2022
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Roughly 20,000 illegal aliens are waiting to cross the border into El Paso, Texas, as soon as the Trump-era Title 42 program ends, Mayor Oscar Leeser said on Monday. Leeser made the comments at a press conference just two days after declaring a state of emergency amid an influx of illegal aliens that have crossed the southern border and…

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El Paso Mayor Warns 20,000 Illegal Aliens Waiting in Mexico to Cross Border When Title 42 Ends

December 20, 2022
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Roughly 20,000 illegal aliens are waiting to cross the border into El Paso, Texas, as soon as the Trump-era Title 42 program ends, Mayor Oscar Leeser said on Monday. Leeser made the comments at a press conference just two days after declaring a state of emergency amid an influx of illegal aliens that have crossed the southern border and…

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El Paso Mayor Declares State of Emergency Amid Surge of Illegal Aliens

December 18, 2022
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The mayor of El Paso declared a state of emergency on Saturday, citing a surge in the numbers of illegal aliens in the city’s streets and an expected influx of more to come across the Southern border as the Title 42 border policy is set to end by Dec. 21. El Paso is a Democrat…

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Texas Places Military on Standby in Preparation for Surge of Illegal Immigrants

December 16, 2022
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In preparation for the expiration of Title 42 next week, the Texas Military Department announced Dec. 16 that it would be mobilizing members of the Texas National Guard to combat the impending surge of illegal immigrants at the border. Forces to be deployed include elements of the 136th Airlift Wing, Texas Air National Guard, and…

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Over 1,500 Illegal Immigrants Cross Border Into El Paso in Massive Single-Day Crossing

December 13, 2022
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Over 1,500 people crossed the U.S.–Mexico border illegally into El Paso, Texas in the early hours of Dec. 12, according to video from the scene and local media, in what reports say could be one of the biggest single crossings ever in the region. Footage from the border shared on social media by news outlet…

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Texas Shelter CEO Says Illegal Immigrants Bused to New York Actually ‘Want to Go’

September 22, 2022
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The head of a shelter in the Texas border city of El Paso said that illegal immigrants who are being bused to Texas are voluntarily going there, disputing Democrats’ claims of human trafficking. Blake Barrow, the CEO of the El Paso Rescue Mission in Texas, published a letter on Wednesday and asked the Biden administration…

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