{"id":1424562,"date":"2022-04-07T19:15:08","date_gmt":"2022-04-07T23:15:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1424562"},"modified":"2022-04-07T19:15:22","modified_gmt":"2022-04-07T23:15:22","slug":"texas-guard-general-border-drills-are-show-of-force-opportunity-ahead-of-title-42-end","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/texas-guard-general-border-drills-are-show-of-force-opportunity-ahead-of-title-42-end\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas Guard General: Border Drills Are \u2018Show of Force Opportunity\u2019 Ahead of Title 42 End"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/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%2Ftexas-guard-general-border-drills-are-show-of-force-opportunity-ahead-of-title-42-end%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=1424562&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 Texas Army National Guard soldiers along with Highway Patrol converged on the busiest section of the U.S.-Mexico border in preparation for an even greater wave of migrants once the CDC Title 42 authority ends. More than 100 soldiers and troopers conducted initial drills ahead of the next surge.<\/p>\n<p>According to Customs and Border Protection, on most days in April, points around Eagle Pass are leading the nation in migrant crossings. The Del Rio Sector apprehended more than 3,200 over the previous weekend. According to the agency, groups of more than 100 have been apprehended crossing through the area.<\/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_20572679\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/media.breitbart.com\/media\/2022\/04\/IMG_1126.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Breitbart Texas\/Randy Clark<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>In May, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will terminate the Title 42 COVID-19 emergency order that has allowed for swift return of some migrants to Mexico and their home country. The planned termination has the agency and other authorities scrambling to prepare for what is officially presumed to be the largest mass migration event along the southwest border.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_20572670\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/IMG_1097.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-20572670\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/IMG_1097.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Breitbart Texas\/Randy Clark<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>The exercise conducted on Thursday involved Texas Highway Patrol drone teams, all-terrain vehicle units, and Texas National Guard. On Wednesday, Governor Greg Abbott ordered the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/border\/2022\/04\/07\/texas-military-expanding-migrant-turnback-operations-along-rio-grande\/\">mass migration response drills<\/a> in preparation for a predicted surge of up to 500,000 migrants crossing the border during the first month of the Title 42 sunset.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_20572634\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/IMG_1124.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-20572634\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/IMG_1124.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Breitbart Texas\/Randy Clark<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Brigadier General Monie R. Ulis, the Assistant Adjutant General for the Army National Guard in Austin, told Breitbart the drills were \u201ca show of force, but more importantly, it\u2019s our opportunity to prepare, and to be trained and ready should the need arise.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_20572895\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-20572895\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/IMG_1104.jpg\" alt=\"Randy Clark\/Breitbart Texas\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Breitbart Texas\/Randy Clark<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>As the first drill evolved, soldiers in tactical riot gear assumed positions along the Rio Grande. Texas Highway Patrol troopers moved marked vehicles into positions along the riverbank as aerial drone platforms flew overhead. The drills, according to a spokesperson for the Texas Military Department, will take place frequently through May.<\/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<p><a title=\"View Southwest Border Mass Irregular Migration Contingency Plan Feb 2022 on Scribd\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scribd.com\/document\/568069079\/Southwest-Border-Mass-Irregular-Migration-Contingency-Plan-Feb-2022#from_embed\">Southwest Border Mass Irreg\u2026<\/a> by <a title=\"View BreitbartTexas&#039;s profile on Scribd\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scribd.com\/user\/604350907\/BreitbartTexas#from_embed\">BreitbartTexas<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>EAGLE PASS, Texas \u2014 Texas Army National Guard soldiers along with Highway Patrol converged on the busiest section of the U.S.-Mexico border in preparation for an even greater wave of<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":51,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1424562","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1424562","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/51"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1424562"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1424562\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1424562"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1424562"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1424562"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}