ICE set 124 migrants who violently rioted at El Paso border free, triggering outrage
President Joe Biden's Immigration Customs and Enforcement has released 124 migrants who violently rioted at the El Paso border crossing in March, saying they aren't a big enough security threat to detain or deport them.
The rioters injured guards who are still recovering from their injuries. A Texas National Guard source called the move a slap in the face to those injured.
“It goes a long way to show where our officials’ loyalties lie,” the source said. “We have soldiers who are still recovering from injuries to this day and our officials have shielded their attackers from any consequence."
Charges dropped
One of the migrants stomped on a soldier's knee during the melee.
All 211 migrants who participated in the riot were criminally charged, but a technicality forced law enforcement to drop those charges.
Five of the migrants charged are still in custody, and dozens have been deported.
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) revealed in September that more than 100 of the rioting migrants were suspected of being members of the Venezuelan prison gang Tren de Aragua.
Arbitrary decisions
Another ICE source told the New York Post previously that decisions about who to detain are often arbitrary.
“Sometimes we arrest a child molester and he gets released because of housing space or the charge is not egregious enough to keep him or her in custody,” the source said.
The number of soldiers and state troopers in the area has been increased by the state of Texas in order to prevent more riots.
They are armed with non-lethal pepper ball guns.
President-elect Donald Trump can't get into office soon enough to clean up the colossal mess Biden has made of immigration.
It's going to be a big task, so let's hope he's ready to wade into the muck.