Authorities seized a knife and shank from migrants who breached the border wall in El Paso on Thursday, the paper said.
The swarm of migrants overwhelmed the Texas National Guard who were trying to separate them into groups for Customs and Border Protection (CBP) custody. At least one person tried to seize a soldier’s firearm during the chaotic invasion, National Guard officials told the Post.
“These people were willing to attack the military,” a source told the Post. “They have been willing to attack law enforcement. They have a complete disregard for our laws.”
Some soldiers sustained minor injuries and were treated at a nearby hospital.
The skirmish occurred at Gate 36, where asylum seekers gather in hopes of being granted permission to remain in the United States. Gate 36, located on U.S. territory, is not an official entry point and is not equipped to process asylum claims.
The newspaper also revealed that Texas authorities are reviewing video surveillance to determine whether migrants currently in Border Patrol custody were involved in the violence. At least one immigrant was arrested on suspicion of assaulting a police officer and could be charged with criminal mischief, criminal damage, assaulting a soldier and inciting a riot.
U.S. Border Patrol spokesman Orlando Marrero-Rubio said: border notification Those who cross Gate 36 illegally could be deported and barred from receiving future immigration benefits for five years.
But most of the migrants caught up in Thursday’s melee are expected to be allowed into the U.S., as Biden administration policies allow thousands of migrants to enter the U.S. each day along the southern border. . Over the past five months, 817,000 immigrants seeking asylum were admitted through the CBP One app, and only 156,000 were targeted for expulsion, according to CBP statistics.
“The biggest problem we have is the Border Patrol is bussing migrants into the country,” the soldier told the Post. “We can push them back through the wire as much as we want, but they know that if they get through, they’ll reach the wall, and the Border Patrol will just come get them.” [and process them]”
Since the riot, the government has increased staffing at Gate 36. More Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) troopers are on the scene, as are dozens of National Guard troops.
customs and border security [CBP] The Air Force and Marines also flew helicopters over the gate after the invasion. Some of his DPS troopers near the gate also have pepperball guns.
But some officials believe the increased presence alone is not enough to deter asylum seekers.
