Texas state troopers encountered 36 illegal immigrants near the southern border on Friday, including a group from Turkey who said they each paid $12,000 to cross illegally in an effort to meet a 'sponsor' in New Jersey. Among the group were so-called 'special interest' illegal immigrants from Turkey, Pakistan, India and Vietnam.
Texas state troopers encountered 36 illegal immigrants near the southern border Friday, including a group from Turkey who said they each paid $12,000 to cross illegally in an effort to meet a 'sponsor' in New Jersey, authorities said. Troopers found the group in the border town of Normandy, the Texas Department of Public Safety said. Fifteen of the migrants, from Brazil, Peru, Ecuador, Nicaragua, the Dominican Republic and South Africa, were arrested on suspicion of criminal trespass.
They take care of our expenses and everything while we are in there legally,' he was heard saying on DPS bodycam footage posted online.
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