El Paso, Texas, becomes a flashpoint in the U.S. border crisis by hunterw
JUÁREZ, Mexico — A park in this border town sits on land that was once disputed between the U.S. and Mexico. The two countries eventually reached a settlement on the path of the borderline that now bisects Juarez and El Paso, Texas. In 1999, 25 years after the border resolution, monuments were erected in honor of the “united circle of love and companionship” between the Juarez and El Paso, Texas.
Thousands of migrants have flooded Juarez, including many who have been turned away from America while they wait for asylum claims to be processed. Churches run by local shelters are crowded and the migrants say they face dangers in the city, which is ranked as one of the world’s most violent. On Monday, NBC News reported on a review the Office of Inspector General for the Department of Homeland Security, which oversees CBP, conducted on a Border Patrol station in El Paso.in May. The inspector general described “dangerous overcrowding,” with some detainees being “held in standing-room only conditions for days or weeks.
“These aren’t kids separated from their families,” said Richard Madrid, who was wearing a “MAGA” hat and waving a “TRUMP 2020” flag. “They’re kids that are being recycled by people coming across and leaving them here. They send them back three weeks later.“ The group opposed to the shelters carried signs comparing them to concentration camps. An El Paso teacher named Carmen Rubio waved a placard that declared, “NO MORE CHILD ABUSE IN OUR NAME.”
When the Democrats came outside to speak the protesters stopped screaming at each other and the shelter supporters began hurling sexual and Islamophobic insults at the members of Congress. The shouting crowd surrounded the politicians, who refused to back down.
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