Thread: Deputies Overwhelmed With Immigrant Smuggling

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Deputies overwhelmed with immigrant smuggling

GOLIAD, Texas Goliad County has become overwhelmed with a swarm of migrants using back roads to avoid detection.

Sheriff Robert DeLaGarza says the Sheriff's Department impound lot is almost full of trucks and vans. Each one represents a failed human smuggling attempt.

He says incidents involving immigrant smuggling have become almost a daily occurrence in this county about 200 miles from the Mexican border.

Local ranchers say smugglers use the area as a drop-off point.

The immigrants trespass on ranches until they are picked up for the second half of their trip.

Residents have responded by forming a loose militia. They voiced their concerns to Governor Rick Perry.

Perry wrote to them saying border control and immigration are the responsibilities of the federal government.

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Information from: San Antonio Express-News, http://www.mysanantonio.com

Perry,
Would you say that if they were in your back yard?