By The Opinion
31 Oct 2024, 09:58 AM EDT
Texas soldiers fired pepper spray at a group of 45 immigrants at the borderto prevent its advance towards the United States.
As soon as they crossed the Rio Grande, the non-citizens were hit with pepper spray, according to a video shared by NewsNation.
Immigrants cover their mouths and noses with clothing to escape the irritants of the gas, in an incident recorded in Shelby Park, Eagle Pass.
The actions of the members of the Texas National Guard would have warned immigrants to avoid crossing and returning to Mexicobut the people continued to advance, after which the soldiers fired.
The group did not manage to enter the United States, since they were in an area prior to the border wall and were later detained by the Border Patrol.
The military action was recorded in a video broadcast on X, formerly Twitter.
Texas maintains Operation Lone Starimplemented by Republican Governor Greg Abbott, to prevent the arrival of undocumented immigrants.
The Republican strategy includes detention operations, the installation of barbed wire, as well as barbed buoys in some points of the Rio Grande. The strategies have been challenged in court, but the operation continues.
Abbott also decided to send newly arrived immigrants to sanctuary states and cities, such as New York and Chicago, where local authorities have faced challenges serving thousands of non-citizens.
The immigration issue grew as a key issue in the electoral campaigns, mainly in the campaign of former President Donald Trump and other Republicans towards Congress, pointing out that the US is experiencing an “invasion” and advancing the implementation of the Alien Enemies Act. for the mass deportation plan.
Civil organizations have criticized and challenged in court the anti-immigrant programs in Texas, for which billions of dollars have been invested and have caused immigrant deaths.
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