Footage has emerged of Texas State Police arresting migrants in the Shelby Park area of Eagle Pass after the state’s attorney general refused to comply with a Biden administration order to stop blocking U.S. Border Patrol agents from the site.
Under the orders of Texas Governor Greg Abbott state officials have been refusing to allow Customs Border and Protection (CBP) personnel to enter the park, situated on the U.S.-Mexican border. On January 12 a woman and two children drowned while trying to cross the Rio Grande river from Mexico to reach Eagle Pass.
On X, formerly Twitter, Texas Department of Public Safety spokesperson Chris Olivarez posted two videos and two photos showing people allegedly migrating illegally being detained after crossing into the U.S.
He wrote: “Under the authority of Gov. Greg Abbott’s Border Disaster Declaration, Texas Department of Public Safety Troopers are arresting illegal immigrants for criminal trespass at #ShelbyPark in Eagle Pass. Troopers are enforcing criminal trespass on single adult men & women. The State of #Texas will maintain a proactive posture in curbing illegal border crossings between the ports of entry.”
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