Texas troopers encountered hundreds of illegal aliens at the southern border last week, including special-interest aliens, convicts, and gang members.
In a series of posts, Texas Department of Public Safety spokesperson Chris Olivarez released information on the encounters at the Texas-Mexico border.
On Monday, troopers encountered a large group of 230 illegal aliens in Eagle Pass, which included 27 special-interest aliens from Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iran, Egypt, and India. SIA’s are aliens who, based on an analysis of travel patterns, may pose a national security risk to the United States or its interests. These aliens are not necessarily linked to terrorist organizations and are not synonymous with suspected or known terrorists.
In the same group, troopers also arrested 41 illegal aliens for criminal trespass. These 41 were from Brazil, Ecuador, Nicaragua, Guatemala, Argentina, Colombia, & the Dominican Republic. They all were jailed & taken to the Val Verde Processing Center.
