Eight people die, including five migrants, during police chase in Texas

Eight people died this Wednesday, including several Hondurans, as a result of a traffic accident in the south of Texas, U.Sduring a police chase of a suspected drug dealer migrantsauthorities reported.

The vehicle that caused the accident, a white Honda, was driven by a 21-year-old man, accused of transporting five migrants irregularly within the territory of the United States, and who was fleeing the police along a road west of Batesvillemunicipality located approximately 100 km by road from the city of Eagle Passborder with Mexico.

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While trying to overtake another car, the Honda collided with a silver Chevrolet vehicle, occupied by a couple. The silver car caught fire after the accident.

As a result of the accident, seven of those involved died at the scene, while an eighth, who was traveling in the white vehicle, died in hospital, a department spokesperson told AFP. Department of Public Security (DPS). Several of migrants deceased was from Hondurasinformed the police.

Since the administration of Joe Biden In January 2021, authorities intercepted around 6 million migrants at its southern border, the Secretary of State said this Wednesday. Home security from United States, Alejandro Mayorkas.

He specified that since May they have returned or expelled more than 350,000 migrants who do not meet the conditions to remain.

Biden is blamed by his Republican rivals for not facing the migration crisis that the United States is going through and for being flexible with the irregular entry of people coming mainly from Latin Americawho claim to escape poverty and violence in their countries and seek better living conditions.

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As part of its measures against irregular migration, the House of Representatives in Texascontrolled by conservatives, recently approved a project that would allow the Police to detain and even return to the border any migrant who is not legally staying anywhere in this southern state.

The standard, which has not yet been evaluated by the Texas Senate“It’s unconstitutional”and can separate families, the association denounced NALEO, which brings together employees of Latino origin at the national level. They fear that a police officer might misinterpret a person’s immigration status, given the complexity of the laws.

Biden asked Congress for additional funds of $13.6 billion to reinforce the border with Mexico and hire immigration agents, lawyers and asylum officers.

Source: Elcomercio

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