A retired US Border Patrol agent has been named Texas’ new border czar, a position created by the governor as the state continues to experience “unprecedented” numbers of migrants…
in the town of San Benito — adding Banks’ only focus will be responding to “President Biden’s open border policies.”
The appointment comes as the US Border Patrol announced as the focus remains on the beleagured town of El Paso, which has become the number one busiest border crossing in the country.Facebook/Texas GovernorAccording to just released figures for the last three months, Border Patrol officers encountered 162,603 migrants — more than three times the amount of crossers it saw in the same period just one year ago when it had 49,000 encounters total.
Most of the people seeking to make entry in the hot spot were from Nicaragua, Venezuela, Mexico, Ecuador and Colombia. 64% of those people were single adults. Almost a third, 49,508, were families with kids and another 8,059 were unaccompanied minor children traveling alone. Traditionally, migrants have been single adults — meaning now law enforcement agencies have been scrambling to carry items like car seats, baby formula and diapers to accommodate asylum-seeking families who arrive in West Texas and surrender themselves to officials, asking for asylum.
“The first quarter of FY2023 demonstrated the complexity of the southwest border, with the recent migrant influx, and the challenges that our agents and migrants face during these times” said El Paso Sector Acting Chief Patrol Agent Peter Jaquez.
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