Texas Places Shipping Containers for El Paso Border Barrier

Texas increased its use of shipping containers in El Paso to help secure the border. It placed nearly a dozen containers along El Paso’s Rio Grande, in addition to over a mile of razor wire fencing.

Officials from the Texas Division of Emergency Management (TDEM), stated that Governor Greg Abbott had ordered more than a dozen shipping container to be placed along El Paso’s border on Tuesday. According to Seth Christensen (TDEM spokesman), the governor ordered that containers be placed by TDEM in locations designated by the Texas Military Department or the Department of Public Safety. The agency suggested that there could be more.

“At the direction of Governor Abbott, almost a dozen containers have been initially placed, along with over a mile of fencing, in locations in the El Paso sector as determined by the Texas Department of Public Safety and the Texas National Guard, and they will remain as long as necessary to impede the flow of illegal immigrants into Texas communities,” Breitbart Texas received a written statement from TDEM representatives.

The shipping containers and concertina wire fencing are being placed in El Paso under Governor Abbott’s Operation Lone Star. After El Paso Mayor Oscar Leeser died, the state began building barriers at the border. declared a disaster he requested federal and state aid. In the freezing temperatures of the night, migrants slept in the streets. polar vortex over the Christmas holiday weekendThe El Paso City Council voted in extend the disaster declaration You can continue to use the service for an additional 30 days.

Following the initial disaster declaration in El Paso, the Texas Military Department deployed more than 400 members of the state’s National Guard to begin border security operations, Breitbart Texas reported. The soldiers immediately set to work building triple-layer