This week Texas authorities started arresting illegal aliens and charging them with criminal trespassing. Wednesday night marked the first the time policy was enacted after the state took control of Shelby Park in Eagle Pass.
Lt. Governor Dan Patrick posted photos and a video of the arrests being made of single men and women on social media.
Off camera, families and children were given to Border Patrol.
Tensions in the area have grown between the federal government and Texas since state troopers blocked Border Patrol from saving a woman and two children from drowning this past weekend, resulting in their deaths.
President Biden has asked the Supreme Court to intervene after Texas sued over Border Patrol agents' being ordered to remove concertina wire put in place by the state.
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