{"id":1452132,"date":"2022-04-24T16:29:36","date_gmt":"2022-04-24T20:29:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1452132"},"modified":"2022-04-24T16:29:37","modified_gmt":"2022-04-24T20:29:37","slug":"22-year-old-national-guardsman-still-missing-after-attempting-to-rescue-illegal-aliens-in-rio-grande","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/22-year-old-national-guardsman-still-missing-after-attempting-to-rescue-illegal-aliens-in-rio-grande\/","title":{"rendered":"22-Year-Old National Guardsman Still Missing After Attempting To Rescue Illegal Aliens In Rio Grande"},"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\">28<\/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%2F22-year-old-national-guardsman-still-missing-after-attempting-to-rescue-illegal-aliens-in-rio-grande%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=1452132&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--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2022\/03\/Rio-Grande.jpg?w=1200&#038;h=800&#038;ixlib=react-9.3.0\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p>The search continues for a 22-year-old Texas National Guardsman who is still missing after witnesses say he jumped into the Rio Grande on Friday morning in an attempt to save the lives of two individuals who were crossing the river into the United States.<\/p>\n<p>On Sunday, Fox News\u2019 Bill Melguin tweeted, \u201cThe TX National Guard soldier who is presumed to have drowned in the Rio Grande on Friday has been identified as 22-year-old Specialist Bishop E. Evans from Arlington, TX.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Melugin reported that the migrants Evans attempted to save were allegedly drug traffickers.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHis body still hasn\u2019t been found, &#038; TX Rangers say the people he tried to save were drug smuggler,\u201d Melugin added.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">NEW: The TX National Guard soldier who is presumed to have drowned in the Rio Grande on Friday has been identified as 22-year-old Specialist Bishop E. Evans from Arlington, TX. His body still hasn\u2019t been found, &#038; TX Rangers say the people he tried to save were drug smugglers.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Bill Melugin (@BillFOXLA) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BillFOXLA\/status\/1518278120008204289?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 24, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Melugin also shared photos of Evans, courtesy of his family:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">NEW: First photos of 22-year-old TX National Guard SPC. Bishop E. Evans of Arlington, TX, who has been missing since Friday morning and is presumed to have drowned in the Rio Grande in Eagle Pass after he jumped in to save lives. Photos courtesy of his family. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FoxNews?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@FoxNews<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/989c7iWAMI\">pic.twitter.com\/989c7iWAMI<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Bill Melugin (@BillFOXLA) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BillFOXLA\/status\/1518295168855818240?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 24, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Fox 4 <a href=\"https:\/\/tmd.texas.gov\/update-3-texas-national-guard-soldier-missing\">added<\/a> that authorities said \u201cboth migrants he was trying to save made it to shore and were taken into custody by the Border Patrol.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Evans was stationed at the border as part of Texas Republican Governor Greg Abbott\u2019s \u201cOperation Lone Star,\u201d which began in March 2021 when the governor ordered the National Guard and other authorities to Texas\u2019s southern border to combat the rising tide of illegal immigration under the Biden administration.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe crisis at our southern border continues to escalate because of Biden Administration policies that refuse to secure the border and invite illegal immigration,\u201d Abbott <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/greg-abbott-launches-operation-lone-star-to-combat-crisis-caused-by-biden-administration-policies\">said<\/a> in March 2021. \u201cTexas supports legal immigration but will not be an accomplice to the open border policies that cause, rather than prevent, a humanitarian crisis in our state and endanger the lives of Texans.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe will surge the resources and law enforcement personnel needed to confront this crisis,\u201d Abbott added, as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/greg-abbott-launches-operation-lone-star-to-combat-crisis-caused-by-biden-administration-policies\">reported<\/a> by The Daily Wire.<\/p>\n<p>That border crisis has continued unabated. The Daily Wire recently <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/210000-illegal-aliens-arrested-at-border-in-march-more-than-80000-released-into-country\">reported<\/a> that in March 2022, immigration officials arrested nearly 210,000 illegal aliens attempting to sneak into the country through the southern border. An additional 11,000 or so attempted to enter the country via legal ports, despite not having a visa or permission to enter the United States.<\/p>\n<p>About half of those individuals, 109,549, were expelled out of the U.S. via Title 42, a public health emergency rule that allows for expedited removal of migrants seeking asylum status. Title 42 is set to expire on May 23. The Department of Homeland Security recently stated that when it is rescinded, America should brace for as many as 18,000 migrants attempting to cross the southern border per day.<\/p>\n<p>If Evans is found dead, he will be the first to have died at the border under Operation Lone Star.<\/p>\n<p>The Texas Military Department <a href=\"https:\/\/tmd.texas.gov\/update-3-texas-national-guard-soldier-missing\">issued<\/a> a press release on Sunday morning commending Evans for his \u201cselfless efforts\u201d while noting that the search and rescue mission would continue with \u201cthe addition of three airboats from the Texas Department of Public Safety.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The press release also noted that Evans is \u201cfrom Arlington, Texas,\u201d is \u201cassigned to A Battery, 4-133 Field Artillery Regiment in New Braunfels Texas, and joined the Texas Army National Guard in May 2019.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Evans also saw time in Iraq, according to the release:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><em>He returned in the fall of 2020 from mobilization to Operation Spartan Shield in Kuwait. During this mobilization, his dedication, talents, and tactical prowess led his leadership to regularly assign him to operations in Iraq in support of Special Operations F<\/em><em>orces for short periods of time, while then rotating back into Kuwait.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><em>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies for breaking news, investigative reporting, sports, podcasts, in-depth analysis, books, and entertainment for a reason: because we believe in what we do. We believe in our country, in the value of truth and the freedom to speak it, and in the right to challenge tyranny wherever we see it. 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