Texas National Guard soldiers and Texas Department of Public Safety troopers are modifying their tactics as they continue to hold the line at the Mexico border, including reinforcing border barriers and blocking people who are continuing to attempt to illegally enter the country.
Over the past month, National Guard soldiers have adapted the response procedures they use in certain sections along the Rio Grande River where large groups of foreign nationals attempt to breach or destroy concertina wire. In some cases, soldiers have been using riot shields and forming a wall to block high traffic crossing areas.
“We stand at the concertina wire and deter them,” Spc. Celso Eunzalan with Lima Company in Task Force Eagle, said. The company is operating in Eagle Pass, Texas, which has had among the highest numbers of illegal entry in the state over the last few months and fiscal year.
“So far, we have deterred them from crossing onto our soil, about 25 meters from here. We have some riot shields, and we were able to deter,” Eunzalan said.
