Moment migrants are arrested after crossing Rio Grande into Texas – just one mile away from truckers’ convoy protesting Biden’s border crisis
Less than a mile from where Americans from across the country are rallying at a Texas ranch against what they call President Joe Biden’s “open border” policy, at least two groups of illegal immigrants were caught sneaking into the US, according to reports DailyMail.com.
A group of seven border crossers who had just waded through the waters of the Rio Grande, the river that separates the U.S. and Mexico and serves as an international border, was stopped by U.S. Border Patrol agents Saturday morning.
Cornerstone Children’s Ranch, where the Take Our Border Back convoy will gather Saturday near the town of Eagle Pass, 500 feet from the border.
Further afield, a second group of migrants was taken into custody by federal immigration agents.
“It’s almost comical, if the migrants have had any notice that this was coming to Eagle Pass, they’re going to come no matter what the consequences,” Terrell County Sheriff Thaddeus Cleveland told DailyMail.com.
A group of seven illegal immigrants were stopped from entering the country near Quemado, Texas. The ‘Take Our Border Back’ truck convoy gathered less than a mile from where the migrants were captured on Saturday
The migrant entered the US near Quemado, Texas, a small town outside Eagle Pass where migrants are known to cross the border
Migrants were caught trying to cross the southern border despite massive demonstrations nearby
Terrell County Sheriff Thaddeus Cleveland made a stop at the truck convoy rally in Quemado, Texas, on Saturday morning
Cleveland, the sheriff of a nearby border county and a retired Border Patrol agent, was among an estimated 300 people, according to organizer Mike Foranzo, who stopped by the convoy meeting on Saturday.
Although rumors circulated online that high-ranking elected officials, including former President Donald Trump, would appear, the VIPs never showed up.
Texas Governor Greg Abbott, who is embroiled in a political and legal battle over securing the border, the motive for the rally, also stayed away.
The Republican governor has defied orders from the Biden administration to turn over a city park in Eagle Pass that he seized on Jan. 10 and banned Border Patrol agents from entering.
Instead, Abbott has made fundraising and campaign stops throughout the Lone Star State this week.
Texas has remained defiant, refusing to allow federal immigration officials access to the park where illegal immigrants used to enter the country illegally
Hardline Christian groups considered too extreme were not allowed to enter the ranch where the truck convoy was gathering. In addition, local police were called in to help secure Saturday’s gathering
Many participants in the truck convoy meeting did not want to reveal their names or even show their faces because they believed the FBI was following them or using the event as a “setup” to arrest them.
Participants in the convoy support Texas’ position that it does not have to follow federal orders because the federal government is not doing its job to secure the border.
On Sunday, he plans to travel to Shelby Park in Eagle Pass, about 30 minutes away from the truck convoy, to hold a press conference with 14 GOP governors who support him.
Elected officials may be staying away from the ranch after violent threats were made against a Border Patrol migrant center in Eagle Pass.
Extremists planned to burn it down and kill migrants.
The centre, known as the ‘Fire Fly’ facility, was evacuated on Thursday and is now surrounded with extra security.
Abbott’s office did not respond to DailyMail.com’s request for comment on the potential for danger due to the rhetoric used by some attendees.
The US Border Patrol’s Firefly migrant center outside Eagle Pass, Texas, received threats from people who wanted to burn the center down and kill migrants, sources tell DailyMail.com
Fewer than 200 migrants were evacuated from the facility Thursday after the threats were made, federal sources tell DailyMail.com
Three Texans who live near the town of Kerrville, Texas, drove into the convoy at Eagle Pass on Thursday evening to support the convoy. The woman on the right did not want to be identified because she thinks the FBI could be following her, but she said, “I’m sorry, but it’s time to start screaming – literally. If they appeared legal, that would be fine, but not illegal.”
“I’m sorry, but it’s time to start shooting – literally,” one woman told DailyMail.com about illegal immigrants. “If they appeared legal, that would be fine, but not illegal.”
The woman declined to give her name because she believes everyone involved in the convoy is being tracked by the FBI.
“None of us are happy about it,” she added, describing her neighbors in Kerrville, Texas, as “shot.”
The state has significantly increased security at Shelby Park, where the governor will speak on Sunday.
All roads leading into the park, a 2.5-mile stretch of land filled with Texas National Guard, Texas State Troopers and other law enforcement officers, are now themselves patrolled by Eagle Pass police officers.
Texas National Guard soldiers patrol the entrance to Shelby Park in Eagle Pass, Texas. The land, owned by the City of Eagle Pass, was taken over by the state on Jan. 10 and federal agents were kicked out
Eagle Pass police officers closed the roads leading to Shelby Park in Eagle Pass, Texas on Saturday
Only VIPs and accredited media now have access to the park
There is increased security in Eagle Pass after threats against a Border Patrol facility led to migrants being evacuated
Some citizens traveling to Eagle Pass were shocked to see that only Shelby Park was completely closed.
Many believed that the entire city was impenetrable to migrants.
“It’s a great show here to do what the border should be: closed off, but either way, north or south, the border is wide open,” said Ray Howard, a resident of Ingram, Texas.
“This is simply a political confrontation with the federal government. That’s what I see. A waste of resources. Nothing is actually being done.’