A group of American ranchers, residents of the state Texasthreatened to shoot illegal immigrants who trespass on their properties en masse Sailing from Mexico to the United States.
According to the Mexican newspaper Zócalo, the residents of the areas of The Quemado and Normandy are on alert because of the increase in undocumented immigrants at the border, because they sometimes They damage the fences of their land and let the cattle go out into the street without their supervision.
A tweet by independent reporter Ali Bradley on April 6 revealed all of that 197 people entered the United States illegally through the Eagle Pass. “The majority of them They say they are from Cuba‘ the journalist assured.
Texas ranchers questioned the management of the state government, military and sheriff’s department officials in the middle of the migration crisis that shakes the southern region. Within the immigrant groups, Cubans, Venezuelans and Haitians stand out.
The Texas communities of Uvalde, Del Rio, and Eagle Pass are most affected by the transit of immigrants of different nationalities. It is estimated that around 5,000 people pass through these areas every day seeking asylum in the United States.
The Sheriff of Eagle Pass, Texas Tom Schmerberg He said the authorities pointed this out in response to questions from the owners about whether or not the migrants should be shot do so only when their life is in imminent danger. Otherwise, they should contact the police on the 911 phone system.
Schmerber added that residents of the border area are urged to use all possible means of communication with the local police. as long as this large-scale migratory flow continuesbecause in none of the cases should they act alone.
The tense migration situation at the border between the United States and Mexico has Cubans as the main protagonists staging an exodus similar to that of the past the Mariel events in 1980when 125,000 residents left the country, and higher than the rafter crisis of 1994when 35,000 people came out.
Last month only more than 32,000 immigrants from the island were registereda figure that doubles data collected in February 2022, a phase in which A total of 16,550 Cubans came to the United States.
On March 28, the US immigration authorities reported the arrest of 1,500 undocumented immigrants in a single dayrepresenting and displaying a data set more than double the daily average since February.
Given this inexorable flow of immigrants, news related to the Cubans arrested, rescued or deported from Mexico. It was only between January 1 and March 7 that Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s government repatriated to the island more than 620 people.
This Wednesday, they arrived at Havana’s José Martí International Airport 32 illegal immigrants from Aztec country. A minor was admitted to the group, which matters the thirteenth operation of this kind in the current year.
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