By Virginia Allen, Kellen McGovern Jones, David Agren, The Daily Signal, October 23, 2024
Virginia Allen is a senior news producer for The Daily Signal and host of “The Daily Signal Podcast” and “Problematic Women.” Send an email to Virginia… Kellen McGovern Jones is an investigate reporter for The Dallas Express… David Agren is an independent journalist.
EL PASO,Texas–– On the outskirts of this west Texas desert town, the “no go zone” of the U.S. border with Mexico is pitch black and tense at 10 p.m. Darkness suits everyone’s interests here; it appears neither border crossers nor U.S. Border Patrol agents want to be seen before they make their move.
Anapra Road and the connecting wall route are where illegal immigrants and their cartel handlers now choose to cross in this region –– and they will use force if they feel it necessary. Nearly a dozen Border Patrol vehicles and at least as many agents sit, with their lights off, behind a partition of scrub brush. When cars pass by, their heads snap upward and in tandem, they all turn to watch. Their large presence indicates anticipation of something. …