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Texas Arrests Over 200 Migrants Who Rushed Border Gate in El Paso: What Charges Are They Facing?

The migrants were arrested on misdemeanor rioting charges. The local public defender vowed to contest them

Texas authorities have arrested over 200 migrants who, they say, were involved in a gate rush that led to a border breach in El Paso in late March. According to The Texas Tribune, they were arrested on misdemeanor rioting charges.

The local district attorney, Bill Hicks, said that Texas National Guard members were injured in the incident, which took place on March 21. He recalled that nine migrants cut through barbed wire and assaulted the National Guard members before more than 400 migrants rushed the gate before reaching another fence.

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