Eagle Pass residents and city leaders have become uncomfortable with Texas’ Operation Lone Star and have dropped their support of Gov. Greg Abbott’s efforts, saying there must be a better way.
stating the barriers are in violation of a 1944 water treaty.
After placing a wall of shipping containers along the riverbank in Shelby Park in Eagle Pass, the state asked the city to declare the park private property so state troopers could arrest migrants there on trespassing charges. The city council recently reversed that decision.DPS spokesperson Travis Considine said that as part of the investigation, officials are looking into allegations made by five troopers.
When they wade across the waist-deep river and approach the U.S. side, they are blocked by the concertina wire. A Border Patrol spokesperson didn’t respond in detail to questions from the Tribune about how its agents are co-existing with state forces in Eagle Pass. Among the group was 30-year-old Jocelyn and her husband, Alexander, 37, who only wanted to be identified by their first names, with their 6-year-old daughter. In Venezuela, they said they both worked as civil engineers.
The Houston Chronicle recently reported that troopers have recently begun separating some men from their families and arresting them. Fuentes owns Epi’s Canoe & Kayak Team, an Eagle Pass-based kayak rental business that he launched eight years ago after retiring from teaching. He grew up swimming and fishing in the Rio Grande.
Escalon, the DPS director overseeing operations in South Texas, told the council that the agreement was a key part of the state’s mission in Eagle Pass and without it, the community would be in crisis.In the end, the council unanimously rescinded the agreement with the state, making the park public property again. Salinas, the mayor, also voted with the council.
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