Texas Arresting Migrants On Trespassing Charges At US-Mexico Border, 10 Detained Already
Looks like Texas is starting to arrest migrants on trespassing charges. The first arrest was put in motion in June and now 10 people have been detained already.
The prisoners are being held at what used to be an empty state prison in Dilley, Texas, shared by Robert Hurst, the spokesman for the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. 950 people will be able to be held in the facility according to abc7.com
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Attorney David Martinez says only adult men were arrested , and said he was advised last week that the number of migrant arrest could increase to as many as 100 or 200 each day. Such large numbers, he said, “would overwhelm not only my office, but our entire system pretty quickly.”
Val Verde County, which has 50,000 residents, became the face of the governor’s criticism of President Joe Biden over the border, has sought to take Trump’s opinion on immigration.
“The state jail commission has worked out a way to jail far more people that are currently being jailed,” Abbott shared Saturday.
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Martinez says those arrested would spend time behind bars, and he would handle the cases the same as he usually does, which typically means offering time served.
“My office is working really hard to try to minimize the amount of time that they have to sit in that jail,” he ended off by saying.