{"id":1875333,"date":"2023-03-13T05:11:38","date_gmt":"2023-03-13T09:11:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hundreds-of-illegal-immigrants-attempt-to-storm-border-at-texan-port-of-entry\/"},"modified":"2023-03-13T05:13:19","modified_gmt":"2023-03-13T09:13:19","slug":"hundreds-of-illegal-immigrants-attempt-to-storm-border-at-texan-port-of-entry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hundreds-of-illegal-immigrants-attempt-to-storm-border-at-texan-port-of-entry\/","title":{"rendered":"Hundreds of Illegal Immigrants Attempt to Storm Border at Texan Port of Entry"},"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\">26<\/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%2Fhundreds-of-illegal-immigrants-attempt-to-storm-border-at-texan-port-of-entry%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=1875333&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-->\n<div>\n<p>Border patrol agents were forced by thousands of illegal immigrants to cross the border to the United States to put up temporary barriers at a port-of-entry point along the southern border.<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0stampede incident started at\u00a0the\u00a0Paso Del Norte International bridge entry point in\u00a0El Paso, Texas, around\u00a01.30 p.m. local time.<\/p>\n<p>Many tried to cross the border to Juarez, Mexico by force.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BillFOXLA\/status\/1635059975503638528?s=20\">Video footage<\/a> captured by Fox News showed the illegal immigrants rushing the border checkpoint, pushing down permanent barriers and overwhelming armed border officials who struggled to hold back the crowd as they attempted to cross the bridge to the\u00a0United States.<\/p>\n<p>Others tried to enter the United States through other points.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5118219\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/localimages\/border-1200x800.jpg\"><figcaption><\/figcaption><\/a> On March 12, 2023, migrants, mostly from Venezuela, attempted to forcefully cross into the United States through the Paso del Norte International Bridge at Ciudad Juarez in Chihuahua, Mexico. Many hundreds of migrants from Venezuela tried to cross the border bridge in Ciudad Juarez to get into the United States. (HERIKA MARTINEZ\/AFP via Getty Images).<\/figure>\n<p>Ricardo Samaniego, El Paso County Judge <a href=\"https:\/\/kvia.com\/top-stories\/2023\/03\/12\/witnesses-say-a-large-group-of-migrants-are-trying-to-rush-the-paso-del-norte-international-bridge\/\">Telled<\/a> ABC network affiliate\u00a0KVIA that in total, the crowd was sized around 2,000 illegal immigrants. The judge said the majority of the immigrants were\u00a0Venezuelan males.<\/p>\n<p>After\u00a0the Mexican National Guard was called in to disperse the crowd, some of whom were attempting to pull down the port barriers and concertina wire, around 100 asylum seekers remained,\u00a0KVIA reported.<\/p>\n<h2>Human Wave Posed \u2018Potential Threat&#8217;<\/h2>\n<p>Separate <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BorundaDaniel\/status\/1635028591833645056\">Video footage<\/a> captured and shared online appeared to show large numbers of the group returning to the\u00a0Juarez checkpoint after the failed attempted crossing.<\/p>\n<p>Fox News reported on the barbed wire fencing used by the border guards to stop immigrants from crossing the U.S. They were later returned back to Mexico.<\/p>\n<p>According to El Paso Migrant Situational Awareness <a href=\"https:\/\/app.powerbigov.us\/view?r=eyJrIjoiNTdhZmFhNDgtYTlhMi00YzQyLThiNTAtOTZjMmE5YWFlYTdkIiwidCI6IjY2YThkY2Y5LWVkNzUtNGE2Zi04OGUwLTUxMGRmOWJkZjJhOSJ9\">dashboard,<\/a> CBP handled 1,210 illegal immigration encounters on Sunday and took 2,023 persons into custody<\/p>\n<p>In a <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BillFOXLA\/status\/1635062044901904385\/photo\/1\">Statement<\/a> shortly after the incident,\u00a0U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) said that\u00a0officers, including members of the CBP Mobile Field Force, had implemented &#8220;port hardening measures&#8221; To stop illegal migrants crossing the border, physical barriers may be deployed.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;A large group of individuals formed on the Mexican side of the border and approached the international boundary posing a potential threat to make a mass entry,&#8221; According to the statement.<\/p>\n<p>CBP said that the incident had temporarily prevented\u00a0northbound traffic at the Paso Del Norte Bridge.<\/p>\n<p>Mario D&#8217;Agostino is El Paso&#8217;s Deputy Mayor <a href=\"https:\/\/edition.cnn.com\/2023\/03\/12\/us\/el-paso-texas-migrant-surge\/index.html\">Telled<\/a> CNN that crowds at the bridge were\u00a0subsiding as of Sunday evening.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;At this time EOC (Emergency Operations Center) has shut down. Crowds [have] subsided and it&#8217;s just being monitored,&#8221; He stated.<\/p>\n<p>Traffic has been restored since Sunday evening.<\/p>\n<h2>Parallel Charges at Border<\/h2>\n<p>Additionally, similar breaches took place at two other crossings on Sunday: the Stanton crossing, and the\u00a0Bridge of the Americas crossing, CBP said.<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0attempted breach Stanton crossing took place from\u00a02 p.m. until 2.45 p.m. and the one at Americas crossing happened from\u00a02.45 p.m. until 3.30 p.m., CBP said.<\/p>\n<p>CBP reports that both incidents involved the use of barricades to prevent illegal entry.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;CBP is working to maintain the legal and orderly flow of entry to the U.S. while protecting the safety and security of legitimate trade and travel, CBP facilities, and the CBP workforce,&#8221; CNN was informed by the agency.<\/p>\n<h2>Biden Continues to Work for a Secure Border<\/h2>\n<p>Sunday&#8217;s incident comes after President Joe Biden in January announced that\u00a0immigrants from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua, and Venezuela will be returned to Mexico under Title 42 if they illegally enter the country.<\/p>\n<p>However, the administration will also provide\u00a0legal immigration opportunities to eligible\u00a0asylum seekers, allowing them to\u00a0live and work in the United States, provided they\u00a0find a sponsor inside the United States and pass a background check.<\/p>\n<p>During his State of the Union\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/briefing-room\/speeches-remarks\/2023\/02\/07\/remarks-of-president-joe-biden-state-of-the-union-address-as-prepared-for-delivery\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Address<\/a>\u00a0Biden had earlier in the month praised the &#8220;record number of personnel working to secure the border.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The Epoch Times has contacted\u00a0U.S. Customs and Border Protection for comment.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> &#8230;..<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p> Continue reading more <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/hundreds-of-illegal-aliens-attempt-to-storm-border-at-texan-port-of-entry_5118031.html?utm_source=partner&#038;utm_campaign=conservnewsd\">Hundreds of illegal immigrants attempt to storm the border at Texan Port of Entry<\/a>&#8220;<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:11px\"><em>&#8220;The views and opinions expressed here are solely those of the author of the article and not necessarily shared or endorsed by Conservative News Daily&#8221;<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Border patrol agents were forced by thousands of illegal immigrants to cross the border to the United States to put up temporary barriers at a port-of-entry point along the southern border. The\u00a0stampede incident started at\u00a0the\u00a0Paso Del Norte International bridge entry point in\u00a0El Paso, Texas, around\u00a01.30 p.m. local time. 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