Texas Governor Greg Abbott on Thursday urged landowners along the border to report any damage that has been done by illegal immigrants who crossed the U.S.-Mexico border in recent months.
Article by Jack Phillips from our partners at The Epoch Times.
I strongly encourage Texas landowners along the border to report any personal property damages they incur due to unlawful immigration,” the governor said, “by completing the Self Reporting Damage Survey, our state will be equipped with the necessary data to continue addressing the ongoing crisis at our southern border and provide the support our landowners and communities need to stay safe and secure.”
The survey will not be a substitute for damage reports submitted to insurance companies, according to a statement from Abbott’s office. It’s available in both English and Spanish, his office added.
The survey also won’t guarantee disaster relief assistance.
Border Patrol agents, meanwhile, arrested three illegal aliens this week who were armed with guns stolen from a Texas residence, according to a news release.
“Without hesitation, these agents responded to the ranch house and safely secured the location, the stolen weapons and the undocumented non-citizens,” Big Bend Sector Chief Patrol Agent Sean L. McGoffin said in a statement Wednesday.
And Abbott’s announcement comes after Texas sheriffs have reported that illegal immigrants have intentionally damaged property along the border—something they haven’t done during past surges.
“We’re starting to see more intentional damage,” longtime Kinney County Sheriff Brad Coe told The Epoch Times. “I’ve never seen it quite like this. Somebody’s making a statement.”
Coe said that property owners have reported fences being cut “because they’re hauling dope or small kids or something.”
“But we’ve never seen the intentional big four-by-four holes in the fence, or now, a 10-foot section just cut completely out. That’s really starting to bother me,” he added during an interview in mid-June.
“It’s all just out of spite, I think,” Coe said of the damage being wrought along the border.
Border Patrol officials said that more than 180,000 illegal immigrants were arrested in May 2021. Republicans have pointed to the surge in illegal immigration as a result of the Biden administration’s policies, including executive orders that rescinded the Trump administration’s stricter immigration rules.
Uvalde County Sheriff Ruben Nolasco noted that property owners and ranchers along the border are now being forced to carry firearms. In one instance, the sheriff said, a resident told him that he held an illegal alien at gunpoint, but the man wouldn’t back down.
“And [the resident] finally had to cock the hammer back and say, ‘Hey, you take a step further, then things are gonna change here,’” Nolasco told The Epoch Times. “That’s the last thing I want to hear—that we have a shooting, [that] we have somebody that had to kill somebody … I hope it never happens.”
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On October 19, I was sick. It crossed my mind that I had finally gotten the ‘rona, but my wife’s cream of chicken soup and a few extra hours of sleep into mid-afternoon had be back up and running after a sleepless night before.
When I finally stumbled over to my computer in the evening, I was met with a deluge of concern from readers. They asked what had happened as only one article had been posted that day. Generally, we post between 10-20 daily between all of the sites, not included curated and aggregated content. Seeing that we’d only posted my super-early morning article before taking the rest of the day off had readers assuming the worst.
We have a wonderful and talented group of writers who volunteer their time for the sites and their readers. Sharing their amazing perspectives has always been a blessing to us because we cannot afford to hire anyone at this time. But having great writers is meaningless if we don’t have great editors, or at least one additional. My wife helps me read and edit stories from time to time, but I’m a one-man show when it comes to getting the stories posted.
Whenever I highlight our desperate need for donations, I note that we do not receive money from Google ads even though most in conservative media are beholden. I often ambiguously note that the money donated will help us grow. Today, I’m highlighting a specific need. We must get an editor to help take some of the load and to expand on our mission of spreading the truth to the world. One sick day proved that.
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