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Michael Gonzalez in Eagle Pass, Texas

This Texas border city is tired of being a ‘pawn’ in Trump’s ‘political games’

Shipping containers line the area near the Rio Grande river in Eagle Pass, Texas.
Shipping containers line the area near the Rio Grande river in Eagle Pass, Texas. Photograph: Sergio Flores/AFP/Getty Images

Just a few blocks from a riverbank park in Eagle Pass that’s been turned into a no-go militarized zone by Texas troops, local pastor Javier Leyva was attempting a normal Sunday.

He was cultivating fellowship with congregants of his First United Methodist church and other residents downtown, on the US-Mexico border. But, as so often, events were to intrude. A fringe, rightwing group was headed to town.

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