The Texas National Guard took control of Shelby Park in Eagle Pass, blocking federal agents from accessing roughly 2.5 miles of the border.
The Texas National Guard is blocking federal agents with the Border Patrol from entering a staging area that’s recently been used to hold migrants.
Under Governor Greg Abbott’s direction, Texas state officials blocked Customs Border and Protection (CBP) officials from entering and patrolling a park at the United States-Mexico border this week. The Texas National Guard has taken control of Shelby Park in Eagle Pass, where the nation’s immigration crisis has engulfed the border town.
Eagle Pass Mayor Rolando Salinas announced Wednesday night that officials from the Texas Department of Public Safety had taken “full control” of the park to deter migrants from illegally crossing the Rio Grande, despite the city’s wishes for the state to refrain from taking over what has been a staging area for authorities.
Salinas said the decision was made as part of Abbott’s emergency declaration, which he renewed last month.
“That is not a decision that we agreed to,” Salinas said in a Facebook video.
