Posted on 03/02/2024 8:44:16 AM PST by SeekAndFind
EAGLE PASS, Texas — When former President Donald Trump visited ground zero of the monumental scuffle between Texas and the Biden administration, state officials revealed illegal crossings in the area shrunk by a seismic 99% virtually overnight.
The Washington Examiner obtained Friday a copy of the 11-page report titled "DJT Brief" that relayed to Trump the major achievement during his visit to Eagle Pass on Thursday afternoon.
The briefing document. which was presented as PowerPoint slides to Trump, shows that during the height of the surge of illegal immigrants in Eagle Pass in December 2023, upward of 4,000 people illegally crossed per day and were arrested by Border Patrol.
On Jan. 11, when the state took over a 2 1/2-mile stretch of the border that included the park, National Guard soldiers ratcheted up barricades on the border and installed immeasurable amounts of concertina wire up and down the area. At 6:30 a.m. that morning, the state sealed off the park from all federal employees over concerns that Border Patrol agents were cutting through their wire to rescue and arrest immigrants trapped in it, only to later release them into the United States.
The "DJT Brief" backed up claims that Gov. Greg Abbott (R-TX) made during remarks at the visit Thursday in which he stated that locking down Eagle Pass had a huge impact on curtailing illegal immigration in the region.
After taking over the city grounds, state authorities apprehended a total of 381 immigrants at Shelby Park that month, an average of 18 arrests per day compared to more than 4,000 arrests per day at the height of the surge.
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“We are taking a proactive approach to a surge of illegal border crossings like we saw in December and to prevent any type of crossing from taking place under the bridge,” said Lt. Chris Olivarez, spokesman for the Texas Department of Public Safety’s South Texas Region, during a phone call Friday.
That decline has continued into February, officials told Trump. In the first 3 1/2 weeks of last month, Texas National Guard soldiers stationed at the park apprehended an average of eight illegal immigrants per day.
I’m confused here.
How many billions did Texas send to Ukraine?
Because that’s how we solve illegal immigration, right?
how scratched-up were those eight?
The cartels are having to move to the Arizona for the majority of their smuggling activities (both people and drugs). This is going to increase the pressure on Arizona politicians and Hobbs. Kari Lake is pounding on the issue in her campaign speeches and ads.
In terms of border security, concertina wire is a cut above.
Hahaha. I kill me.
Do you think AZ, CA an NM learned anything from this? I wouldn’t bet on it. Better to tow the Democrat line and suffer rather than copy success. Oh well, the voters of those States elected those Dems. Live with them and the new neighbors.
I believe this is just the small Eagle Pass. Texas is a big state with a big border.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO THE REPUBLIC OF TEXAS!!
Where’s a verifiable report that Texas sent Ukraine “billions”?
Among other things, I think that would be illegal constitutionally.
I was thinking the same thing. I suspect there are areas on the border that Texas doesn't have complete control of that the Biden administration has left the front door unlocked and wide open.
If people aren’t smart enough to avoid getting tangled up in concertina wire, well, play stupid games, etc.
That concertina wire is no joke!
Once it gets ahold of you it doesn’t want to let go!
Illegals crossing into AZ is up 99%
“Kari Lake is pounding on the issue in her campaign speeches and ads”
And based he rise in the polls, I’d say it’s working.
“Oh well, the voters of those States elected those Dems.”
Not in Arizona, where election fraud elected the democraps.
Look for a story about two boat captains getting arrested in S. America at the rally point. Effectively shut down the people pipeline.
It’s amazing what happens when our people finally decide to do some thing and push back…
Gee… What a concept…
Surprise, surprise, surprise. 🙄
A 99% decrease means less shipments of illegals to New York and Chicago. They should be happy too.
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