Border Patrol Union criticizes FBI after

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Global Courant 2023-05-09 12:49:19

The Border Patrol Union Monday evening criticized the Department of Homeland Security for announcing a “targeted enforcement operation” in Texas to remove or detain illegal immigrants — and accused the FBI of tipping off migrants hours before the operation was due to take place.

Agents from Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officials will implement the initiative on Tuesday in El Paso, where about 2,200 migrants are currently camping or living on the streets a few blocks from major ports of entry that connect the city with Juarez, Mexico.

“There is nothing like publicly announcing that dangerous people will be arrested, while forewarning them exactly where to run and hide to avoid arrest,” the Border Patrol Union tweeted late Monday night.

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The Title 42 public health order, which has been used to expedite hundreds of thousands of illegal immigrants due to the COVID-19 pandemic, expires Thursday. It was originally released in 2020 under then-President Donald Trump.

In March, nearly half of all migrant encounters ended in a Title 42 eviction.

Migrants in Mexico’s Ciudad Juarez wait to cross the Rio Bravo into the US before the Title 42 policy expires on Thursday, May 11, 2023. (Christian Torres Chavez/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

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