more than 100 migrants who rioted on the southern border Marcher – injuring guards in the process – has now been freed in the country because he was not deemed a serious enough security threat, The Post has learned.
Of the 211 migrants who broke razor wire and headed for the border wall in El Paso, Texas, in March, 124 have been cut off by Immigration Customs and Enforcement under a Biden administration policy that allows the agency to prioritize their enforcement and detention capacity. Gives instructions to give. Which are considered public safety, national security and border security risks.
A Texas National Guard source told The Post that the decision to release the rioters is a slap in the face to soldiers who are still suffering from injuries sustained in the attack. Wild, scuffle caught on camera.
“This shows a lot about where the loyalties of our officers lie,” the source said. “We have soldiers who are still recovering from injuries today and our officers have protected their attackers from any consequences.
“This kind of precedent-setting will only serve to encourage more aggression and violence on the part of migrants because they have been shown that they can get away with it altogether.”
During the March 21 border standoff, captured in viral video by The Post, 211 migrants broke razor wire and headed toward the U.S. border wall, striking National Guardsmen who tried to push the group back toward Mexico. Were trying.
At least one of the rioters attacked a soldier in the knee as the group overran the few soldiers present.
the entire migrant crowd was criminally charged But those cases were dropped in May due to technical reasons.
An ICE source previously told The Post that the process for deciding who to keep in custody is arbitrary.
“Sometimes we arrest a child molester and he is released due to lack of housing or the charges are not serious enough to keep him in custody,” the source said.
Only five rioters are in ICE custody. Dozens more have been deported.
In September, Texas Governor Greg Abbott revealed that More than 100 migrants were among those who rioted They were suspected members of the Venezuelan prison gang Tren de Aragua.
In an effort to prevent future violence on the border, Texas increased the number of troopers and state troopers in the area, equipping them with non-lethal pepper ball guns.
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