Border Patrol cuts Texas border wire, lets illegals come in

An astounding incident took place on the U.S.-Mexican border and, in particular, the border with Texas. Apparently, agents of the U.S. Border Patrol cut through a section of razor wire along the Northern Rio Grande riverbank. They then admitted some illegal immigrants through the gap they created, and escorted them to a processing center.

Border Patrol, or travel escort service?

Fox News reporter Bill Melugin captured the unorthodox Border Patrol action on video and published it to Twitter June 30.

According to Jack Davis at The Western Journal, Melugin, instead of filing a report on Fox News, simply published a long-form tweet. As nearly as Melugin could figure out, the federal government has taken the position that, once immigrants reach U.S. soil, they require processing. The problem: the U.S.-Mexican border technically is in the middle of the river, not on its northern bank. But border barriers lie on the northern bank. So anyone on the river side of a section of border wall – or, as in this case, razor wire – is technically on U.S. soil.

Such is the legal rationale upon which Melugin guesses that the Border Patrol relies. The Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) suggests the Border Patrol might have destroyed Texas property bu cutting the wire.

TXDPS tells me the location this video was shot at is private property, and that they have permission from the owner to lay down razor wire and arrest migrants for criminal trespassing. This Border Patrol agent is likely just doing what he’s been told – but this will likely lead to more friction between TX & the Feds, who have drastically different approaches at the border.

Rep. Dan Crenshaw (R-Texas) reacted swiftly and angrily to the wire cutting report.

But the Border Patrol responded to Melugin’s inquiry, and he posted this follow-up:

As Melugin guessed, the federal government considers the northern Rio Grande bank to be U.S. soil.

Where’s the Texas Nationalist Movement?

The Texas Nationalist Movement has so far had no comment on the incident. But illegal immigration, and the apparent open-border agenda of the Biden administration, is one of their signature issues.

Accordingly, CNAV has reached out to them through their Twitter account.

Gov. Greg Abbott (R-Texas) has planned to string buoys along the Rio Grande at the exact border location. But at least one sheriff points out that the buoys will not run the whole length of the river. In that case, migrants will simply move to a stretch of the river without them.