“Ladders and walls go together like peas and carrots,” explained one McAllen Border Patrol agent.
The typical wall-thwarting strategy along a stretch of the border in the Rio Grand Valley between Granjeno and Hidalgo, Texas, is wooden, about a dozen feet high with only six or so rungs.
“It’s made of cheap, rough wood, quickly nailed together because it is only going to be used once,” local artist and activist Scott Nicol told Texas Monthly. “Unlike the wall, these ladders are functional.” He estimates the materials for the most primitive wooden ladders cost about $5.
Some are higher and have more rungs, while ladders up river may be rope-and-PVC or rusted rebar ladders that hook to the top of the barrier. “Camouflage” rebar ladders blend in with the bollards of the barriers and are often left in place for repeated use, The El Paso Times reported last year. The materials for those ladders also cost about $5.
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85 Illegal Aliens Arrested in Horse Trailer as Surge Continues
EDINBURG, TX – Rio Grande Valley Sector (RGV) Border Patrol agents disrupted two human smuggling events resulting in 60 arrests.
Monday, a La Joya Police Department (LJPD) requested McAllen Border Patrol (MCS) to assist with responding to a report from a concerned citizen regarding a male subject with a long arm guiding people through the brush to a residence in La Joya, Texas.
When agents arrived at the location, Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) were already on scene assisting La Joya PD. LJPD officers advised they had taken a male subject into custody outside the residence who was in possession of an unloaded shotgun, a female, and another male subject, all United States Citizens (USCs).
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By Congressman Richard Hudson
I have just recently returned from a visit to our southern border and itâs worse than I thought.
While touring several sites and meeting with border patrol agents on the ground, they confirmed what I have been saying all along: the Biden border crisis is a humanitarian, national security, and public health crisis.
I arrived at the border last Thursday night and received a briefing from agents at the McAllen Border Patrol Station. Agents confirmed that in March, 172,000 migrants were apprehended - a 71% increase over one year ago and the highest total in 15 years. Agents also saw another 38,000 migrants crossing that they were unable to apprehend, bringing the total to 210,000 individuals. This is the same population as the city of Fayetteville crossing our border in one month â a staggering figure.