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Texas blocks federal border agents from processing migrants in Eagle Pass public park
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this post was submitted on 12 Jan 2024
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Oh neat, I didn't realize you were allowed to just block government agents from entering places where you don't want them, more people should do this
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Oh, not only is the Texas state government pushing the federal government around and they're just taking it, the leadership on the federal government side is trying to sweep this under the rug and pretend it didn't happen? What a complete fucking joke, I swear if the south tried to secede today DC would just ask them if they needed any help moving anything
Sure. Ask Ammon Bundy.
Ugh, you just made me remember this asshole exists and (if I'm awake enough to skim a Wikipedia article successfully) has done a grand total of 15 days in jail for all the shit he's pulled
Meanwhile Tyre Nichols gets beaten to death for driving down the street
Huh? Your bolded text is just someone following chain of command. A federal agent doesn't just talk to reporters about their opinions/thoughts.
Why is their chain of command trying to sweep this under the rug? There should have been an official statement from Border Patrol these agents could have referred this journalist to, the fact that there wasn't one and the fact that these agents didn't just "no comment" this reporter away but instead went the "keep my name out of this, but you should know" route makes it pretty likely that's what's going on here.
They have separate employees for that. Lawyers and media folks. Agents are not that.
TBF, this could also be because they are about to take legal action.
Maybe, but I doubt it. They could easily put out a statement like
or some other empty boilerplate. Maybe they didn't have a lawyer or bureaucrat handy who could wordsmith that out when the reporter came calling, but I think it's a lot more likely they wanted to pretend this whole thing never happened so they didn't have to stand up to the Texas state government.
We would need to wall off Texas though.
Yeah yeah and we'll get them to pay for it!
Honestly I’ll chip in if it helps. Gotta make this thing happen!