As the legal battle over Texas’ new border security measure continues, a New York Post reporter in El Paso captured footage of hundreds of illegal border crossers rioting and attempting to get around the Texas National Guard at the border.
This is the moment when TX National Guard became overrun by migrants rioting to get across the border here in El Paso today
— Jennie Taer (@JennieSTaer) March 21, 2024
We were there and saw it all happen. Absolute chaos here. pic.twitter.com/VN6Kf663ie
The foreign nationals were using a break in the fencing—that the Texas National Guard was attempting to put back up—to push past the guardsmen.
Hundreds of illegal border crossers were awaiting processing by Border Patrol Agents.