A big group of illegals waving the Venezuelan flag clashed with the police as they tried to cross into the US
US Customs and Border Patrol repelled a big group of migrants waving a large Venezuelan flag as they tried to cross the border close to El Paso, Texas on Monday after two members of the group allegedly attacked CBP personnel, the company informed Fox Information in a press release.
The altercation was partially caught on video and the Workplace of Skilled Duty has reportedly been tasked with reviewing it.
After one migrant allegedly assaulted an agent with the flagpole and one other supposedly injured an agent by throwing a rock at them, CBP “initiated crowd-control measures,” in accordance with the assertion, together with “using the licensed less-lethal pressure pepper ball launching system” – pepper ball grenades.
It’s not clear if the would-be immigrants have been truly from Venezuela, or how lengthy that they had been carrying the big, heavy flag. A video of the altercation posted to social media, filmed by an unnamed “activist,” reveals the migrants being herded again into the Rio Grande by the advancing line of Border Patrol brokers whereas a Honduran flag is left planted within the riverbed on the US facet.
NEW: Longer video offered by activist at scene reveals incident in El Paso yesterday the place Border Patrol brokers fired pepper balls at a gaggle of Venezuelans crossing illegally into the U.S. CBP says a thrown rock injured one agent, & one other was assaulted with a flagpole. @FoxNews pic.twitter.com/t7FrGjnAtb
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Border Patrol has apprehended greater than 50 massive teams consisting of 100 migrants or extra within the final month alone, in accordance with Fox. The outlet reported that one other group, this one comprising about 300 largely single adults, crossed into Normandy, Texas on Tuesday.
A report 2.three million unlawful immigrants have been apprehended within the US in fiscal yr 2022, with greater than 227,000 of these encountered in September – the worst September in CBP historical past for migrant crossings. Between 7,300 and seven,500 migrants crossed the border day-after-day through the month.
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Whereas Border Patrol counts “migrant encounters” somewhat than particular person migrants, that means some individuals could also be counted greater than as soon as, the determine however represents a significant enhance over 2021, which noticed 1.7 million migrants enter the US. Each President Joe Biden’s political rivals at residence and the leaders of Guatemala and El Salvador have blamed the US chief for the rise in unlawful crossings.
Biden reversed a number of measures adopted by his predecessor, Donald Trump, that had confirmed to be efficient in chopping again on the variety of unlawful border-crossers, just like the “stay in Mexico” coverage forcing new arrivals to attend exterior the US whereas their case was thought-about, in addition to a Covid-19 pandemic management order. A Fox Information investigation discovered the Biden administration was even funding authorized support for immigrants combating deportation.
