{"id":2040964,"date":"2023-09-22T01:54:02","date_gmt":"2023-09-22T05:54:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/eagle-pass-declares-emergency-due-to-influx-of-illegal-immigrants\/"},"modified":"2023-09-22T01:57:21","modified_gmt":"2023-09-22T05:57:21","slug":"eagle-pass-declares-emergency-due-to-influx-of-illegal-immigrants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/eagle-pass-declares-emergency-due-to-influx-of-illegal-immigrants\/","title":{"rendered":"Eagle Pass in state of emergency due to surge of undocumented immigrants."},"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\">24<\/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%2Feagle-pass-declares-emergency-due-to-influx-of-illegal-immigrants%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=2040964&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--><blockquote>\n<h2>Mayor of Eagle Pass, Texas Declares Emergency\u2062 Due \u2063to Surge in Illegal\u200c Immigration<\/h2>\n<p>Rolando Salinas, Jr., the mayor of Eagle Pass, Texas, has issued an emergency declaration\u2064 due to a &#8220;severe&#8221; surge in illegal immigration.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Salinas \u200dsigned the order on Sept. 19, \u2063officially \u200bdeclaring a state \u200dof\u2063 disaster for\u2063 the\u200c city of Eagle Pass \u200bthat will last for at least \u200cseven days\u2062 and may be renewed \u200cif \u2064the crisis persists.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h2>Related Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<h3><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/epochtv\/illegal-immigration-numbers-stagger-the-imagination-republican-senators-demand-action-to-secure-border-5496048?ea_src=author_manual&#038;ea_med=related_stories\">Illegal Immigration \u2064Numbers &#8216;Stagger the Imagination&#8217;: Republican Senators Demand Action to Secure Border<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>9\/21\/2023<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/delays-in-cargo-processing-as-border-agents-at-el-pasos-bota-diverted-to-process-wave-of-illegal-immigrants-5495896?ea_src=author_manual&#038;ea_med=related_stories\">Delays in Cargo Processing as \u2062Border Agents at\u200b El Paso&#8217;s BOTA Diverted to Process Wave of Illegal Immigrants<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>9\/21\/2023<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Eagle Pass&#8217;s 30,000 or so residents have\u200d been overwhelmed by an influx of thousands of\u2062 illegal immigrants in recent days, which comes amid a broader surge of people seeking to cross the U.S.\u2013Mexico border without authorization.<\/p>\n<div class=\"post-figure\" style=\"margin-left:0;margin-right:0;max-width:1200px\">\n<figure style=\"width:640px;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto\" class=\"alignnone\"><figcaption>Border Patrol agents escort \u2063illegal immigrants onto a bus \u200bto be taken\u200d to a processing facility in Eagle Pass, Texas, on \u2062June 25, 2023. (Suzanne Cordeiro\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>At a Sept. 19 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/OfficialCityEaglePassTexas\/videos\/851145269552787\/?__cft__%5B0%5D=AZUouI0ZE_ttErv35eWyOSABKx555KNRrlk7ire0MZkN2MELz40m9HPOAAyHxkSudTc8M1_sZ5YJJ5MnVut5iSXTtuxffUdNJj6kUHwoZTF2A40UMqwUi2-HzpgRNeYgIo9CvVwOhVJJ2hsz-ZCTwH0Tz1jWcypclismJ_TkwmICdDXps3VgUA1mnCvV9ylaXPo&#038;__tn__=%2CO%2CP-R\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">press conference<\/a>, \u200cMr. Salinas estimated that over Sunday and into early Monday, around 2,500 people crossed into\u2064 Eagle Pass illegally, though he cautioned\u2064 that this\u2063 was not an &#8220;official, exact\u200c number.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>According\u2064 to Maverick County Sheriff Tom\u2064 Schmerber, another 2,700\u2062 migrants <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/delays-in-cargo-processing-as-border-agents-at-el-pasos-bota-diverted-to-process-wave-of-illegal-immigrants-5495896\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">crossed at<\/a> Eagle Pass on Tuesday and 3,000 more on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>The Epoch Times \u2062has reached out to the Texas Department\u2063 of Public Safety for\u200d the latest \u2062estimates of the human flows into Eagle Pass from across the border, but did not receive a response by publication time.<\/p>\n<p>But the latest numbers are likely to \u200dbe in the thousands\u2014and the influx is clearly overwhelming the\u2062 city and stretching its resources.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The City of Eagle Pass is committed to the safety and \u2063well being\u200b of our local citizens,&#8221; Mr. Salinas said in the declaration, \u2062which allows\u200b the city to seek federal and state resources to help alleviate some of the pressure.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The emergency \u200cdeclaration grants us the ability to request financial resources to provide \u2062the additional services caused\u2062 by the \u2062influx of the undocumented\u200c immigrants,&#8221; \u200che added.<\/p>\n<p>Because \u2064the only shelter in Eagle Pass has been unable to accommodate all of the asylum seekers, large numbers of illegal immigrants were seen out in the streets on\u200b Wednesday, Texas Public \u200dRadio <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tpr.org\/border-immigration\/2023-09-20\/eagle-pass-issues-disaster-declaration-as-more-than-4-000-migrants-cross-over-two-days\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>&#8216;Invasion at Our Border&#8217;<\/h2>\n<p>U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) issued a statement saying that \u2064it was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/eagle-pass-declares-emergency-due-to-influx-of-illegal-immigrants\/\" title=\"Eagle Pass in state of emergency due to surge of undocumented immigrants.\">temporarily halting vehicle processing \u200coperations<\/a> at a bridge and \u200brailway\u2063 crossing \u200bat Eagle Pass\u2063 and redirecting those resources to help apprehend people crossing \u2063the border illegally.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn response to this influx in encounters,\u200c we will continue to surge all available resources to expeditiously and safely process migrants,\u201d the\u2062 agency <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbp.gov\/newsroom\/speeches-and-statements\/statement-cbp-operations-eagle-pass-texas\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said \u2062in a \u200cstatement<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe will maximize consequences against those without\u200d a\u2064 legal\u2064 basis to \u200bremain in the United States. CBP will\u2062 continue to prioritize our border security mission as necessary in response to this evolving situation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Texas governor Greg \u200dAbbott said in a <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/GregAbbott_TX\/status\/1704640256429985863?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">post on X<\/a> that he had &#8220;officially declared an invasion at our border,&#8221; while blaming President Joe Biden&#8217;s policies for the influx.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Abbott said he had ordered \u200dmore troops from the Texas National Guard, the Texas Department of Public Safety, and local law enforcement to repel illegal crossings and install additional razor wire.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We are building a border wall, razor wire &#038; marine\u200c barriers,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We are also repelling migrants,&#8221; he added.<\/p>\n<div class=\"post-figure\" style=\"margin-left:0;margin-right:0;max-width:1200px\">\n<figure style=\"width:640px;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto\" class=\"alignnone\"><figcaption>Texas\u200d Gov. Greg Abbott speaks during\u200b a news\u2062 conference at the Texas \u200cState Capitol in \u200dAustin, Texas, on June 8,\u2064 2023. (Brandon Bell\/Getty \u2063Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>In his post, Mr. Abbott shared a \u2063letter he had sent to President Biden in November \u20622022, accusing him of inaction in the\u2062 face of what was then already \u200da border crisis in full swing.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Your inaction has led to catastrophic consequences,&#8221; Mr. Abbott wrote \u2064in the letter.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Under your watch, America is suffering the highest volume of illegal immigration in the history of\u2062 our country,&#8221; Mr. Abbott continued.<\/p>\n<p>Republicans have blamed President Biden&#8217;s\u200c messaging and policies for helping \u200bfuel a border crisis of historic proportions.<\/p>\n<p>The\u200c Department of Defense (DOD) is\u200c ramping up resources at the U.S.\u2013Mexico border amid a\u2063 surge in illegal border crossings\u2014not just at Eagle Pass.<\/p>\n<div class=\"post-figure\" style=\"margin-left:0;margin-right:0;max-width:1200px\">\n<figure style=\"width:640px;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto\" class=\"alignnone\"><figcaption>A \u2062migrant \u200dwho has \u200bcrossed into the \u2064U.S. from\u200d Mexico in Eagle Pass, Texas, \u200dgets\u200c frisked by a Border Patrol Agent on Aug. 25, 2023. (Suzanne Cordeiro\/AFP\u2063 via Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<h2>More Military Resources Deployed<\/h2>\n<p>Department of Homeland Security (DHS) officials \u2062told reporters in a call Wednesday night that around 800 new <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/space-force-nearly-tripling-in-size-gaining-a-reserve-component-in-2021\/\" title=\"Space Force Nearly Tripling in Size, Gaining a Reserve Component in 2021\">active-duty personnel<\/a> were being sent to the border.<\/p>\n<p>A DHS official said on\u2064 the call that there\u2064 were over 8,000\u2062 apprehensions along \u200dthe southern border on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>The official gave no explanation\u2063 for what was causing the latest surge.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/person-of-interest-in-waukesha-tragedy-may-have-significant-criminal-history-released-on-bail-days-prior-reports\/\" title=\"\u2018Person Of Interest\u2019 In Waukesha Tragedy May Have \u2018Significant Criminal History,\u2019 Released On Bail Days Prior: Reports\">law enforcement officials told<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2023\/09\/18\/cartels-sending-migrant-mobs-to-overwhelm-the-us-border\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The New York Post<\/a> this week \u200dthat Mexican drug and human trafficking cartels have been purposefully directing masses\u200d of illegal immigrants to inundate CBP operations at the U.S. border.<\/p>\n<p>The aim of such actions would be to help the\u2062 cartels carry out their illegal operations with less oversight.<\/p>\n<p>While Texas has borne the brunt of the wave of illegal immigration, other regions have faced increased pressure.<\/p>\n<p>Southern California has also seen an influx of \u200cmigrants\u2063 in recent days.<\/p>\n<div class=\"my-5\">\n<h2>&#8216;A Disaster&#8217;<\/h2>\n<p>El Cajon Mayor Bill Wells, \u2063a\u2062 Republican, said the situation is &#8220;a disaster.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Every\u2062 emergency room is at capacity in SD County. Our homeless shelters are full. Resources\u2064 are stretched thin,&#8221; he <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MayorBillWells\/status\/1703411851680530790\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a> in a post on X.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The Biden Administration\u2063 allowed this to happen. People\u2064 must pay\u200c attention and vote to fix this problem!&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div><em>Kos\u200c Temenes contributed to this report.<\/em><\/div>\n<p> <\/p>\n<h2> How has the recent surge in \u200dillegal immigration impacted \u2063the infrastructure, law enforcement, healthcare, and essential services in Eagle Pass?<\/h2>\n<p><span>  The welfare and safety of its residents, and the recent surge in illegal immigration has put a \u200bsignificant strain on our community,&#8221; said\u2063 Mayor Salinas. &#8220;We are \u200bexperiencing a\u200b severe crisis \u200cthat requires \u2064immediate attention and \u2064action.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The\u2062 emergency declaration allows the\u2064 city to access additional resources and support from local,\u2064 state, and federal agencies to\u2064 address the \u200dsituation. It also provides the city \u200cwith the authority to implement necessary\u200b measures to protect the residents and maintain public order.<\/p>\n<p>Illegal immigration has been \u2062an ongoing issue along the U.S.\u2013Mexico border, but the recent surge in Eagle Pass has reached unprecedented levels. The city,\u200b with\u2062 its population of about 30,000,\u200b has been\u2063 overwhelmed by the influx of thousands\u2064 of\u200d migrants in just \u2064a\u200d few days.<\/p>\n<p>Mayor\u200c Salinas highlighted \u200bthe urgent \u2063need \u200cfor \u2064assistance, explaining that the city&#8217;s infrastructure, \u2064law enforcement, healthcare, and other\u2062 essential services are being stretched to their limits. The sudden\u2064 increase in population puts pressure \u2063on schools, housing, and public utilities, causing \u2062disruptions and concerns among residents.<\/p>\n<p>To compound the problem, the arrival of\u200c illegal immigrants has\u2062 also\u200b resulted in an increase in criminal \u200bactivities, further straining local law enforcement. The mayor emphasized \u2064the need \u2063for\u200c immediate action to address the security concerns and to ensure the safety of\u200c the residents.<\/p>\n<p>The emergency declaration will be effective for \u200cat least seven \u200cdays, with the possibility of renewal if the crisis \u2062persists.\u200d During this \u200dperiod, the city will work closely with federal\u2063 and state agencies to develop a comprehensive \u2064response plan and allocate\u200b necessary resources to manage the situation.<\/p>\n<p>The announcement of\u200d the emergency declaration has garnered attention from both \u2063local and national media,\u2063 highlighting \u200bthe seriousness and urgency\u2063 of the situation. Media outlets have \u2064also reported on the impact of the influx on neighboring cities\u200b and the need\u2064 for \u200ca coordinated\u2062 effort to address the root causes of the issue.<\/p>\n<p>While the crisis in Eagle Pass continues to unfold, the emergency declaration\u200c serves as a call to action for all levels\u2064 of government to \u200dcollaborate and find effective solutions to the complex problem\u2063 of \u2064illegal immigration. It\u200b underscores the \u200dimportance of securing \u200cthe border, addressing root causes, and providing \u2064support \u2062to communities facing the challenges \u200bassociated with unauthorized \u200bmigration.<\/p>\n<p>As the \u2064mayor and the community of \u200bEagle \u200bPass navigate\u200b this \u2062crisis, they are hopeful that their call for help\u2063 will \u2064be answered, and that appropriate measures \u2063will be\u200d taken to\u2062 restore stability and security to the city. They \u2064remain committed\u200b to\u200c providing assistance and support to \u200dmigrants, but\u2062 also recognize the need\u2063 for a comprehensive approach to address the \u2064underlying issues\u2064 that contribute to illegal \u2064immigration.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rolando Salinas, Jr., mayor of Eagle Pass, Texas, has declared a state of disaster for the city due to a &#8220;severe&#8221; increase in illegal immigration. 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