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In Pursuit of a Secure Border: Small Texas County Leads Charge Against Border Crime

November 11, 2021


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Charging an illegal immigrant with a misdemeanor such as criminal trespass sounds simple enough. But throw 1,008 cases at a small county with a jail that has 14 spaces and a court system that usually handles six or seven cases per month and the wheels start to fall off... when Texas Gov. Greg Abbott directed state troopers to start arresting illegal aliens—on charges including trespass, criminal mischief, and evading on foot—officials in Kinney County jumped on the idea. County Sheriff Brad Coe was keen to stick illegal immigrants with any charges he could to deter them from coming to his county. "We're going to try to hold these people accountable," ... Local ranchers, tired of cut fences and property damage, signed affidavits allowing the sheriff and the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) to press charges on their behalf... it took almost two months to secure enough jail space and for the DPS to work out the process.

Meanwhile, in July, almost 10,000 illegal aliens evaded Border Patrol in the Del Rio Sector, according to preliminary Customs and Border Protection numbers... The officers quickly started arresting an average of 25 illegal aliens per day from private ranches, often at night. At the sheriff's office, state troopers and local jail staff took about two hours to complete the paperwork and magistrate seven Mexicans who were arrested ... They'd been walking for two days before being caught on a ranch. Two said they had already tried crossing a month ago but got caught by Border Patrol and expelled. Another man, who said he was aiming to get to New York, said this was his third time trying to get through. He said his cousin intended to pay the $4,000 smuggling fee upon his delivery to New York. Several said they'll probably try again, while others weren't as enthusiastic. They all said a "travel agent" on the Mexican side of the border directed them on where to cross, gave directions of where to walk, and had planned to coordinate a vehicle pick-up for them. At first, Kinney County Justice of the Peace Narce Villarreal came down to the sheriff's office in the middle of the night to magistrate the groups before DPS transported them the 30 miles to the Val Verde facility. ....

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Once charged, the suspect will make a plea, and if he pleads guilty, he'll most likely get time served and be turned over to Immigration and Customs Enforcement. It's not a hefty penalty, but "we're hoping they avoid our county," Smith said. The maximum punishment for a Class B misdemeanor in Texas is 180 days in jail and a $2,000 fine, whereas a Class A is one year in jail and a $4,000 fine. If they don't make bail, they're in jail the whole time until trial," he said. From the time of the arrest, he has 30 days to file a Class A misdemeanor complaint against a detained individual before the habeas corpus statute requires a personal recognizance (PR) bond to be set and the individual released.

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In some cases, Smith received the arrest files from DPS on day 29, or even beyond day 30. In other cases, the complaints were filed within the 30 days, but the inmate had bonded out of jail and was nowhere to be found. Logistics and lack of manpower were the bottlenecks, he said. On Oct. 14, Abbott announced $36.4 million in grant funding toward border prosecutions and 12 border counties... Read more ...

In Pursuit of a Secure Border: Small Texas County Leads Charge Against Border Crime
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