{"id":1399514,"date":"2022-03-24T23:29:57","date_gmt":"2022-03-25T03:29:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1399514"},"modified":"2022-03-24T23:30:01","modified_gmt":"2022-03-25T03:30:01","slug":"border-patrol-suspends-routine-duties-in-west-texas-town","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/border-patrol-suspends-routine-duties-in-west-texas-town\/","title":{"rendered":"Border Patrol Suspends Routine Duties in West Texas Town"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fborder-patrol-suspends-routine-duties-in-west-texas-town%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1399514&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"subheading\">EAGLE PASS, Texas \u2014 Border Patrol agents on routine patrol were noticeably absent Tuesday. Agents say they were removed from regular duties and relegated exclusively to processing and caring for thousands of migrants detained at temporary holding facilities in the region.<\/p>\n<p>A constant flow of migrants crossed the Rio Grande and searched for law enforcement authorities to surrender to this week. In the busiest migrant crossing areas around the city, authorities were largely absent. The options available to the migrants were Texas Army National Guard soldiers positioned along the riverbank and near common crossing points.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<div id=\"attachment_20365427\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/media.breitbart.com\/media\/2022\/03\/Migrants-await-Border-Patrol-Transport.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Breitbart Texas\/Randy Clark<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>One plainclothes Highway Patrol Trooper assigned to the Texas DPS Criminal Investigative Branch supervised the surrender of some of the migrants crossing with the assistance of soldiers. Border Patrol agents tell Breitbart Texas they are lucky if they can field one marine unit and be able to transport the surrendering migrants.<\/p>\n<p>A Department of Homeland Security source, speaking on the condition of anonymity, says the level of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/border\/2022\/03\/23\/exclusive-photos-overflow-detention-centers-in-texas-pack-migrants-shoulder-to-shoulder\/\">overcrowding<\/a> in Border Patrol facilities is crippling the agency\u2019s ability to respond to citizen calls and has left the border open.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>The source says the absence of Border Patrol agents is also contributing to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/border\/2022\/03\/21\/graphic-exclusive-10-migrant-drownings-over-2-weeks-in-one-texas-border-area\/\">migrant deaths<\/a> in the area. At least 10 drownings have been reported during the first two weeks of March.<\/p>\n<p>As Breitbart witnessed Tuesday, migrants searched for shallow areas to cross the river and, on several occasions, were forced to turn back due to the swift currents.<\/p>\n<p>One group of migrants told Breitbart Texas they were from Nicaragua and were searching for authorities. The migrants claimed to be fleeing violence in their home country.<\/p>\n<p>The Border Patrol is still able to apply the emergency COVID-19 authority to citizens of Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador. The source says the agency will soon <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/border\/2022\/03\/21\/exclusive-dhs-to-end-cdc-covid-19-migrant-removals-within-days-says-source\/\">suspend the order<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/author\/randy-clark\/\"><em> Randy Clark<\/em><\/a><em>\u00a0is a 32-year veteran of the United States Border Patrol.\u00a0 Prior to his retirement, he served as the Division Chief for Law Enforcement Operations, directing operations for nine Border Patrol Stations within the Del Rio, Texas, Sector. Follow him on Twitter @RandyClarkBBTX.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>EAGLE PASS, Texas \u2014 Border Patrol agents on routine patrol were noticeably absent Tuesday. 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