{"id":1876079,"date":"2023-03-13T21:58:38","date_gmt":"2023-03-14T01:58:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/el-paso-bridge-rush-rumor-over-free-pass-into-us-could-have-fueled-texas-stampede\/"},"modified":"2023-03-13T21:59:57","modified_gmt":"2023-03-14T01:59:57","slug":"el-paso-bridge-rush-rumor-over-free-pass-into-us-could-have-fueled-texas-stampede","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/el-paso-bridge-rush-rumor-over-free-pass-into-us-could-have-fueled-texas-stampede\/","title":{"rendered":"El Paso bridge rush: Rumor over free pass into US could have fueled Texas stampede"},"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%2Fel-paso-bridge-rush-rumor-over-free-pass-into-us-could-have-fueled-texas-stampede%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=1876079&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 class=\"RichTextArticleBody-body\">\n<div class=\"Enhancement\">\n<div class=\"Enhancement-item\">\n<div id=\"Brid_78406996\" class=\"brid\" style=\"width:16;height:9\">                                                                                                         <\/div>\n<p> ||[]; _bp.push({ &#8220;div&#8221;: &#8220;Brid_78406996&#8221;, &#8220;obj&#8221;: {&#8220;id&#8221;:&#8221;27789&#8243;,&#8221;width&#8221;:&#8221;16&#8243;,&#8221;height&#8221;:&#8221;9&#8243;,&#8221;video&#8221;:&#8221;1259740&#8243;} });                              <\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The rush of <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/migrants\">Immigrants<\/a> An international bridge connects the United States with Canada <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/\">Mexico<\/a> By way <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/el-paso\">El Paso<\/a>This weekend in Texas was fuelled by rumors of a free entry into the U.S.A and frustrations about a new Biden administration app.<\/p>\n<p>Rep. Tony Gonzales, a Republican from Texas, stated that the unspecified sources told immigrants in Ciudad Juarez that Sunday was the day. &#8220;day of the migrant&#8221; Celebration and that they would be allowed entry to the U.S. freely.<\/p>\n<p><b><a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/immigration\/ron-desantis-florida-illegal-immigration-crackdown\">DESANTIS PUSHES ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION CRACKDOWN IN U.S. Ahead OF 2024 ELECTION<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p>Gonzales stated that he spoke to a U.S. border officer in El Paso, who learned from immigrants that they were under the impression they could temporarily cross the border. <\/p>\n<p>Some immigrants <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/migrants-rush-border-el-paso-mexico-texas-us-rumor-asylum-cbp-app\/\">Submitted<\/a> On-site media reported that immigrants had been waiting in Mexico for months, and were now frustrated with CBP One, the new phone app the Biden administration advised immigrants to use earlier this year in order to seek asylum in the U.S. Many immigrants complained that the app made it difficult for them to travel hundreds to see U.S. Customs officials, or that it didn&#8217;t work due to technical problems.<\/p>\n<p>Numerous hundred immigrants arrived in the United States. <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/immigration\/border-migrants-mexico-rush-bridge-el-paso-texas\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">filmed running<\/a> Through the Mexican customs checkspoints on the South Side of the Bridge and towards the Center of the Bridge, where U.S. Federal Police in riot gear had set up barricades that prevented people from crossing what is normally a road used for vehicular traffic.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It was just madness,&#8221; Gonzales stated this in a telephone call to the <i>Washington Examiner <\/i>Monday &#8220;Just when you think you can&#8217;t get any crazier, it does. And like I said, the biggest loser are the Americans in El Paso that are just trying to live their lives going over to Mexico to visit their family or shop.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Gonzales claimed that U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents who inspect incoming traffic had been trained in advance for such an event and were ready for whatever happened.<\/p>\n<div class=\"Enhancement\">\n<div class=\"Enhancement-item\">\n<figure class=\"Figure mb-1 mb-sm-3 mb-md-1 article-lead-photo data_invisible\" data-align=\"center\" data-image-size=\"fixed\">\n<div class=\"Figure-container\"><figcaption class=\"Figure-caption\"> An international bridge crossing at the U.S.-Mexico border, which joins Ciudad Juarez with El Paso, is closed by digital signs, Saturday, March 21, 2020.                <\/figcaption><div class=\"Figure-credit\"> Christian Chavez\/AP                <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>&#8220;Read more from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/immigration\/migrant-rush-texas-border-rumor-tony-gonzales\">El Paso Bridge Rush: Texas stampede could have been fueled by rumours about a free entry into the USA<\/a>&#8221;<\/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>A rush of immigrants over an international bridge that connects the United States and Mexico by way of El Paso, Texas, this weekend appears to have been fueled by a rumor of a free pass into the U.S. and frustrations over a new Biden administration app. Rep. 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