United States: migrants are prosecuted for “riots” at the border and crossing into Texas

More than 200 migrants who in March crossed the border from Mexico to U.S After breaking through a military fence, they were prosecuted for “mutiny” and risking deportation, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott said Monday night.

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On the morning of Thursday, March 21, “a large group of migrants” breached a barbed wire border fence, overflowed the military checkpoint and entered Texassouthern United States, as detailed by immigration authorities at the time.

“Accusations of riot by 222 immigrants who broke the barbed wire and took out the Texas National Guard. ICE [Servicio de Inmigración y Control de Aduanas] confirmed that it will gain custody of all those accused of crossing the border and will initiate deportation proceedings against all of them. Send them back,” Abbott said Monday night on his X account.

Migrants pushed aside part of a barbed wire barricade that the Texas National Guard had installed between the Rio Grande – the natural border between Texas and Mexico – and the border wall in the city of El Paso, Texas. After the incident, the migrants were taken to a processing center and the military regained control of the site.

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The news of the processing of migrants was initially reported by the Border Report portal, which cites state court records. Several of the defendants remain in an El Paso County prison, indicated the publication, later replicated by local media.

Month after month, thousands of migrants, mainly from Latin America, but also from Africa or Asiapeople illegally cross the border between Mexico and the United States, asking for asylum and seeking better living conditions.

Immigration is a fundamental issue to gain popular support in the November presidential elections where, if there are no problems, Democratic ruler Joe Biden and Republican Donald Trump will face each other, who maintains a strong anti-immigration speech and criticizes the president for allowing an “invasion” in the country.

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Bidenin turn, he accuses Republicans of sabotaging his immigration reform proposal in Congress, at Trump’s request.

Governor Abbott, an ally of the Republican candidate, challenged Biden’s federal jurisdiction and militarized part of the border, while fighting for the courts to give the green light to the application of a law that allows migrants who entered illegally to be detained in Texas. , and even expel them to Mexico.

Source: Elcomercio

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