More than 200 migrants have been arrested on misdemeanor rioting charges in connection with a late March border breach in El Paso that the local district attorney said injured Texas National Guard members. The local public defender vowed to contest what she contends are “false” charges.
“While I am not particularly concerned about immigration cases, I am concerned about violence and destruction of property,” Hicks said at a Tuesday news conference, alleging that migrants punched guard members in the face and stomped on their knees and saying that one tried to take a guard member’s gun. “If we don’t send a message that they can’t do that, I’m concerned.