A group of California veterans is joining forces to fill gaps in the southern border wall, according to an article Friday. border notification.
border veteransA coalition of veterans is taking the border crisis into their own hands by using metal stakes and razor wire to plug holes in the southern border wall, a hotspot for illegal border crossings. The group is focused on filling the gap near Jacumba Hot Springs, located in the mountains 90 miles east of San Diego.
Kate Monroe, a retired Marine, told Border Report:holes we can find [in the border wall], we’re going to go ahead and get some razor wire and do our best to protect our country. ”
“Whoever is waiting to do this for you, they’re not going to come. It’s going to be people like us, people like America’s veterans,” she added. Ta.
Monroe said Veterans United routinely does this type of work south of the border.Border veterans plan to return to incomplete wall Thursday To perform additional repairs.
The group continues its work despite Border Patrol warnings that only agencies and government contractors are legally allowed to alter, modify or repair the border wall.
Monroe told Border Report the organization has received mostly positive feedback from Border Patrol agents. She noted that veterans have not been stopped from installing razor wire.
“It doesn’t stop us or deter us from coming here,” she said, noting that smugglers will likely eventually destroy the group’s operations. “If we can stop them for a day, an hour, a week, we can stop more people from coming to this country.”
monroe recently posted video Posts on social media showed her filling gaps in the border wall with razor wire.
“We’re standing at a scene right now that’s in the news. A lot of people are coming here to film this hole in the wall,” Monroe told viewers. “No one has come to secure this hole in the fence yet. If you want something to get done, sometimes you have to do it yourself.”
“What’s the point of a wall if you can walk around the corner?” she asked.
Monroe then walked back to Mexico from the American side of the border and said, It would be so nice if you could come and pick me up. I would like to receive free medical services. I want a plane ticket, new clothes, lunch, and a cell phone. America, you have gas ignition. We had no secure borders. ”
Illegal immigrants entering the United States near Jacumba Hot Springs, many from Central Asia, Africa, China and South America, wait in unofficial camps to be picked up by Border Patrol agents, who transport them to processing facilities. new york post report.
On Thursday, a San Diego immigration center reported it was forced to close after its facility was overwhelmed and funding ran out. fox news digital. Officials reported that 1,300 illegal immigrants were released onto the city’s streets over the weekend following recent shelter closures.
“This is entirely the fault of the federal government, which has an open borders policy, and the state of California, which has encouraged people from all over the world to come here,” said San Diego County Supervisor Jim Desmond.
“We in San Diego County have a lot of people coming across the border from all over the world, primarily through the Jacumba area,” he explained. “And unfortunately, in some ways, the scary thing for people in this country is that many of these people… [being released into the U.S.] Not inspected by Border Patrol. ”
He noted that the majority of illegal immigrants brought into the country are single adult males.
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