Border agents just apprehended convicted child molesters
and an MS-13 member at the Texas border where there's no barrier, by Eddie
Scarry, 2/7/19.
U.S. Border Patrol agents said Thursday that they apprehended
several illegal immigrants at the southern border in Texas, in places where
there are no physical barrier walls to deter illegal crossings.
Among those caught crossing into the U.S. were a Mexican man
with a previous conviction in Georgia for child molestation, a Honduran man
with a record in North Carolina showing a conviction for "Indecent
Liberties with Child," and another Honduran male with a Florida record
that identified him as a member of the violent MS-13 gang.
The apprehensions occurred in the Rio Grande Valley sector of
the southern border on Monday and Tuesday, according to a release by the Border
Patrol.
I toured a portion of that sector in January, and agents said
that areas that feature a 25-foot barrier of concrete and steel have proven
critical in blocking illegal border
crossers,
forcing them to attempt their crossings in specific areas where they can be apprehended.
They've asked for more of the same kind of border wall to fill in the long gaps
that current exist.
When President Trump said during his State of the Union address
Tuesday that his proposal is for new barrier that "will be
deployed in the areas identified by the border agents as having the greatest
need," this is what he meant.
Norb Leahy, Dunwoody
GA Tea Party Leader
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