The State of Texas expanded its use of shipping containers to aid in securing the border in El Paso by placing nearly a dozen containers along the Rio Grande in addition to more than a mile of razor-wire fencing.
Officials with the Texas Division of Emergency Management said that Governor Greg Abbott ordered the placement of more than a dozen shipping containers along the border in El Paso on Tuesday. The governor ordered the containers be placed by TDEM at locations identified by the Texas Military Department and the Department of Public Safety, TDEM spokesman Seth Christensen told Breitbart Texas. The agency hinted that more could be on the way.
“At the direction of Governor Abbott, almost a dozen containers have been initially placed, along with over a mile of fencing, in locations in the El Paso sector as determined by the Texas Department of Public Safety and the Texas National Guard, and they will remain as long as necessary to impede the flow of illegal immigrants into Texas communities,” TDEM officials said in a written statement provided to Breitbart Texas.
The shipping containers and concertina wire fencing are being placed in El Paso under Governor Abbott’s Operation Lone Star. The state began building barriers along the border after El Paso Mayor Oscar Leeser
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