Texas Counties Start Charging Illegal Aliens With Child Endangerment, Trespass
BRACKETTVILLE, Texas The tens of thousands of illegal aliens that evade Border Patrol every month hoping to slip undetected to large cities up north are now being confronted by sheriffs who are starting to charge them for trespassing, evading arrest on foot, and endangering the life or health of a child.
Seeing no solutions to the border crisis from the federal government, some counties are looking at all possible means to rein in the high-speed vehicle pursuits, trespassing, break-ins, vehicle thefts, and other crimes that are increasing in their communities.
The worst we ve seen : Migrant influx overwhelms Southwest Texas border counties
Dudley Althaus, Special correspondent
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A large group of migrants from Venezuela cross the Rio Grande near Del Rio. The U.S. has granted Venezuelans already in the country temporary protection from deportations because of the economic collapse and violence in their country.Jessica Phelps /San Antonio Express-News
DEL RIO Struggling to escape the Rio Grande’s grasping current, Ernesto Parra collapsed onto the refuse-choked Texas shore.
“I was very afraid, especially for the little ones,” Parra, 55, said moments after he waded across the river from Mexico with his wife, Mariana, their 11-year-old son and two dozen other migrants.
A surge farther north
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Luis Aldana comforts his wife, Maria Fernanda Coronado, who is pregnant. The couple and their daughter, Maria Davalillo, crossed the Rio Grande near Del Rio.Jessica Phelps /San Antonio Express-NewsShow MoreShow Less
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Al large group of migrants from Venezuela cross the Rio Grande near Del Rio.Jessica Phelps /San Antonio Express-NewsShow MoreShow Less
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Lidia Ferrizola, 49, holds her son Andres Ferrizola, 16, as they try and stay warm after crossing the Rio Grande by foot into Del Rio. Ferrizola and her two children left Venezuela to come to the United States. Texas Department of Public Safety troopers waited with the family and two other migrants, also from Venezuela, for U.S. Customs and Border Patrol to arrive and process them.Jessica Phelps /San Antonio Express-NewsShow MoreShow Less