{"id":2202076,"date":"2024-03-19T17:11:12","date_gmt":"2024-03-19T21:11:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/border-crisis-texas-rancher-says-migrant-invasion-of-his-border-property-has-cost-him-400k\/"},"modified":"2024-03-19T17:14:59","modified_gmt":"2024-03-19T21:14:59","slug":"border-crisis-texas-rancher-says-migrant-invasion-of-his-border-property-has-cost-him-400k","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/border-crisis-texas-rancher-says-migrant-invasion-of-his-border-property-has-cost-him-400k\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas Rancher Faces $400K Loss Due to Migrant Trespassing on Border Land"},"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%2Fborder-crisis-texas-rancher-says-migrant-invasion-of-his-border-property-has-cost-him-400k%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=2202076&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--><h2>An Inside Look at a Texas Rancher&#8217;s Struggle with\u2064 Migrant Trespassing<\/h2>\n<p>In the sprawling \u2062plains of <strong>Quemado, Texas<\/strong>, local rancher Wayne King finds himself in an ongoing battle to maintain the integrity of his property. As he\u2064 navigates his \u200b8,200-acre ranch,\u200b the reality of border issues hits close to home. King&#8217;s fences\u200c have withstood thousands\u2062 of breaches by \u200b<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/psaki-pressed-on-pending-immigration-strategy-which-will-not-deport-illegal-migrants-for-some-crimes\/\" title=\"Psaki pressed on pending immigration strategy which will not deport illegal migrants for some crimes\">illegal migrants<\/a>, \u2062a\u2064 relentless wave that continues to invade his land and livelihood.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;I\u2019ve had to repair my fence \u2064countless times. Migrants have cut large, square holes, driven through them\u2014this chaos has led to significant game losses and about \u2062$400,000 in \u2063lost revenue.&#8221;\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h3><strong>Migrant \u2063Impact on Local Life<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>The repairs are crucial not\u200d only to King&#8217;s operation but\u2063 to the well-being of his exotic animals \u2063housed on the ranch\u2014species such as scimitar-horned oryx, kudu, and zebra\u2014which have sometimes gone missing amidst the chaos of\u200b uninvited crossings.\n<\/p>\n<p>King speaks\u2063 with \u2063evident frustration about the situation, pointing out the unnecessary destruction migrants cause on his property. He challenges the need for\u200b the impact on his pastures, water troughs, and fences,\u2062 when other,\u2062 lawful options\u200b are available.\n<\/p>\n<p>Tequesquite Ranch has become a hotspot for a\u200b variety of illegal migrants, with reports of groups not\u200c just crossing but causing disruptions, including surrounding King&#8217;s home at night, prompting him to defend his property.<\/p>\n<p>Under the directive of Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, a bold strategy to \u200b<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/texas-county-sends-law-enforcement-to-help-at-border\/\" title=\"Texas county sends law enforcement to help at border\">arrest illegal migrants<\/a> on private property with the landowners&#8217; consent has been deployed. This policy \u2062allows law enforcement to use King&#8217;s \u200dranch as a base for detaining migrants detected by surveillance.\n<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Response and Reflections by Wayne King<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><strong>King applauds Gov. Abbott&#8217;s efforts<\/strong>, finding reassurance in the state\u2019s actions, which starkly contrast the perceived inaction of the federal government. Despite a decrease in trespassing numbers, King stresses the urgency for a permanent solution.<\/p>\n<p>His encounters with migrants \u2063span a diverse array of nationalities,\u200c fueling his desire for more support from higher authorities. He longs for greater patriotism and accountability in Congress, reflecting on a time when \u2063protecting the nation&#8217;s borders\u2063 was a shared and honored value.<\/p>\n<p>Wayne King stands firm at 72, a witness to the changes over time and an advocate for stronger,\u200b united action to secure the lives, properties, and values of those on the front lines of America&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-releases-list-of-president-trumps-accomplishments-and-it-is-historic\/\" title=\"White House Releases List of President Trump\u2019s Accomplishments \u2013  And It Is Historic!\">border crisis<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>King&#8217;s\u200d story is\u200d a microcosm of \u2062broader issues facing ranchers across the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/texas-attorney-general-to-sue-biden-admin-over-illegal-deportation-freeze\/\" title=\"Texas Attorney General to Sue Biden Admin Over \u201cIllegal Deportation Freeze\u201d\">border states<\/a>, highlighting the complexities and \u200curgencies of immigration policy and \u2062its \u2062enforcement on the ground\u2014a challenge\u200b that entails financial, emotional,\u2064 and social dimensions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Texas rancher Wayne King, managing an 8,200-acre ranch in Quemado, grapples with frequent fence repairs due to trespassing migrants, vital for safeguarding his exotic animals and the local community<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":597,"featured_media":2202077,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2024\/03\/Cover-images-7-1024x576.png","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2202076","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2024\/03\/Cover-images-7-1024x576.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2202076","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\/597"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2202076"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2202076\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2202077"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2202076"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2202076"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2202076"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}