The governor of Texas, Greg Abbott, refuses to receive the migrants and tries to slow their passage with dozens of vehicles of the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS).
So that the undocumented do not grow into the United States, the governor formed a barricade with patrols.
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In an interview with Fox News, the Republican governor considered that these vehicle walls, located at various points on the border, prevent immigrants from “entering the state of Texas.”
In several aerial images shown by said chain, a line of DPS vehicles is observed near the border that creates a kind of barricade.
Abbott assured Fox News that the placement of this barricade has allowed immigrants to stop crossing through this area. “The strategy is working,” he emphasized.
The Republican added that the idea of placing vehicle barriers is one of the many “unprecedented” measures taken in the face of the increase in immigrants who cross the border illegally in recent months.
Texas is the state through which the largest number of immigrants is trying to enter the country and has been affected by the increasing numbers of undocumented immigrants, not seen in at least 20 years, who are intercepted by border agents.
In a message on his Twitter account this Wednesday, Abbott shared two photos showing DPS personnel and Texas National Guard soldiers stationed next to the vehicles, parked near the Texas city of Del Rio.
The images were accompanied by a message in which the Republican assures that he will continue to increase state resources to “secure the border and address the chaos created by the Biden Administration.”
In the last week, some 13,000 migrants, mostly Haitians, camped under the international bridge in the city of Del Río, waiting for the US immigration authorities to process their request for asylum or entry into the country.
The administration of President Joe Biden has tried to alleviate the overcrowding under the bridge by increasing deportations, although it has also allowed the entry of asylum seekers who meet the conditions of “credible fear.”
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